Dumb question

I did a quick search but didn't find anything. What do you do with the eggs once you cut them, or after they pip? Do you take the eggs out of the incubator and place them in the tub over the hot spot? I'm concerned about the babies suffocating in the box once they start breathing on their own.

Don't take them out... I can't advise you on the proper answer why though.

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That's a good Question.. I always wonder that too... and because I'm going breed this Year first time answer will be needed :]

After I cut them I'll remove the press-n-seal and leave them in the bator till they come out of the egg. Since I check on them once or twice a day I don't worry about them suffocating in the incubator.

They will not suffocate in the bator.
Once they strart to pip, I usually move them to a tub with moistened paper towels, once they are all out of egg, they get a fresh tub with moistened paper towels & water dish, and are left in the bator until they all shed, then they are set up in individual tubs.

eggs breath through the shell if they were going to suffocate they would have don so already.

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Originally Posted by llovelace

They will not suffocate in the bator.
Once they strart to pip, I usually move them to a tub with moistened paper towels, once they are all out of egg, they get a fresh tub with moistened paper towels & water dish, and are left in the bator until they all shed, then they are set up in individual tubs.

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Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by kitedemon

eggs breath through the shell if they were going to suffocate they would have don so already.

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Once the babies have pipped they no longer breathe through the egg. They are breathing air. The OP was asking if they'd suffocate due to limited availability of air in an incubator.

Once my eggs pip or are cut I check on them a few times a day which exchanges the air
I wouldn't worry too much about it. They don't use a lot of air when they are so small.

Jay pretty much sumed it up. also the only dumb questions are questions not asked. I know i read that some place :gj:

I don't think this question was anywhere near dumb. It brought up a legit concern!

Snakes have very low oxygen requirments, which is why you cannot euthanize them with CO2 (it takes too long and is ineffective).

I let them come out of the egg, then move them into a container with moistened paper towels and a small water dish. I keep 4 per container and keep them in the incubator till they shed, then move them into their own tubs in the rack.

I had a 5 egg clutch emerge from the eggs this weekend while I was out of town for just over two days. When I came back they were fine, and my tubs are not ventilated.

Bruce

BTW... good question. :gj:

Bruce is absolutely correct...

I have never removed eggs or babies from their tubs/incubator until they have emerged from the egg. The tub lid is still latched. I remove the lid a few times a day to check on them and remove babies as they emerge but it's best to leave the eggs, tub and all, in the bator.

Moving and disturbing beyond just looking in every so often can cause nervous babies to emerge too soon. It isn't incredibly common but I've had it happen to me if I get too touchy with pipped babies and I've seen it happen to other people who mess with their new babies too much, cut too soon, or cut huge gaping holes.

Plus the bator is hotter and darker which helps cue the babies to stay put, absorb the yolk, and finish cooking before coming out.

If there was limited air the eggs would die. Piped or not.

You misunderstood me,

Oxygen requirements are based on metabolism and mass, the shell opened or not makes no difference, the snakes require the same amount of air in shell or out. It doesn't change one day to the next if the shell has a hole or not.