The sad side to my first clutch *WARNING GRAPHIC PHOTOS!*

**The photos below were taken of snakes that have passed away, these photos are for documentaion of developmental mishaps.

Well today is day 57, I cut on day 55 with the advice from a few here on the forums, due to some worry about a couple very scrunched eggs. Still dont have any babies out of the eggs but a few are poking their noses in and out every once and a while. Taking their sweet time pipping! :rolleyes:

Anyways the couple really scrunchy eggs had VERY small underdeveloped babies in them. And I could see yolk when I cut. I think the eggs were just too scrunched up and the babies didnt have enough room to grow properly. Well one passed away due to a tangled umbilical cord, and the other I'm not sure what happened, but they both had a lot of growing to go.
All of the eggs in general were quite small (about 3" in length) and I was worried about this possibly happening. I'm sad about it but these kinds of things happen.

Anyways just thought I'd share this because this is my first clutch and it sure has been a learning experience to say the least.

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How sad, I'm sorry :(

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Originally Posted by LGray23

How sad, I'm sorry :(

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Thanks, its hard to deal with, I've loved these babies even before they were laid lol. I dreamed of the day they would finally hatch. But we cant all have perfect healthy babies all the time. :(
I still have 8 great looking babies left, so hopefully they will all be just fine.

I know, we all know going into this that it can't always be happy stories, I don't think it makes it any easier though. :(

Sorry for your loss.
I lost one from my first clutch as well so I know how hard it is. :(

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Originally Posted by LGray23

I know, we all know going into this that it can't always be happy stories, I don't think it makes it any easier though. :(

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Your right, knowing the risks just doesn't compare to it actually happening. :tears:

Sorry about your little guys. The one with the cord looked like it had a cool pattern. Sorry :(

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Originally Posted by DrDooLittle

Sorry about your little guys. The one with the cord looked like it had a cool pattern. Sorry :(

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I thought his pattern was cool too.

It is always hard to loose little ones. Sorry for your loss and I hope the rest of the clutch does great.

aw sorry for the loss that must suck that it happend on your 1st clutch but like you said things happen. good luck on your other babies

So sorry this happened. I lost one of my first babies after two weeks of incubation... It wasn't nearly that developed but it was still sad, and I can't imagine dealing with a full-term baby death. :(:(

My heart goes out to you darling.

I know you've seen my thread about my fire clutch, but this makes me grateful I was fortunate enough that none of mine died.

It's so hard to have to deal with something like this. We all know going in to breeding things can go wrong, but we all like to say "It won't happen to me." I think it is critical to show people that breeding these snakes is not all cute babies and cool morphs. There is hard work and sometimes heartbreak. It is not to be taken lightly.

Gale

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Originally Posted by angllady2

My heart goes out to you darling.

I know you've seen my thread about my fire clutch, but this makes me grateful I was fortunate enough that none of mine died.

It's so hard to have to deal with something like this. We all know going in to breeding things can go wrong, but we all like to say "It won't happen to me." I think it is critical to show people that breeding these snakes is not all cute babies and cool morphs. There is hard work and sometimes heartbreak. It is not to be taken lightly.

Gale

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I couldn't agree more!

Thanks guys for all of your support.

On a happy note my first lesser is out of the egg now. Cute as can be! I'll post pictures of him in a less depressing thread.

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Sorry about your little ones, but if nothing else it will help you to appreciate the survivors even more. Best of luck next year.

Sorry to hear of the losses, it really sucks and wont get easier.
It is a part of doing what we all love.
I am dreading the day I will have to cull a hatchling:confusd:

I'm sorry this happened to you and your little ones. Best of luck with the rest and I look forward to seeing 8 healthy babies soon.

I swear the same thing happened with me on my first clutch this year!! All the eggs caved in really bad, and out of 4 eggs, 1 lived. All the 3 babies that passed were super tiny, and one had an umblical cord wrapped around it. :(

I am sorry for your loss. I hope that the others are ok.

You can do everything absolutely right, but they aren't always all 'meant' to make it. Things like this simply aren't that uncommon, and will happen to every breeder at some point. You will see a great deal more of this if you make a practice of cutting the eggs--if they weren't cut, those eggs would simply have failed to hatch, and would have gone bad.
Cutting them gives us a window into what went wrong, but it can be shocking to see, at times.

Sorry you lost some of your babies = (

Luckily, I've only lost one baby. But it's always hard.
I'm sorry you lost them, but I'm sure there are plenty more healthy babies to come in the future.

Thanks guys.
I hope this doesn't happen too often.
I've had more trouble since i cut them. Next year i don't think I'll cut until after day 60 if needed. Cutting at 55 just added unneeded stress. Lesson learned for next year.

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