Eggs at Day 52 PIC

Looking good for Day 52???

I candled and all have veins, but I did not see any movement (that worries me a bit).

I'm trying my best not to cut them until day 55... but it is tough!!!

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I never had eggs here yet but I think they look great for day 52

I am also on day 52 with my Banana x Pied eggs and they look the same as your's do. When I candle them 2 of them are very active and the other 2 don't move much. I can also see the dark dorsal patterning on the 2 active one's which is pretty neat but also means they not Banana's unfortunately

They look great! Don't worry too much, most of mine don't do a lot of moving either :-)

What temp did you incubate at?

IMO, I wouldn't even cut at all. What about the risks of cutting? You waited 55 days, be cautious and wait a few more until they pip on their own. Banana pieds is a very expensive clutch. At least a potential expensive clutch with the hets. I would wait. :) Good luck! Eggs look great btw.

Looking good. If you're going to cut, I'd wait until the first pipper, then cut the rest.

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Originally Posted by bondo

What temp did you incubate at?

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I incubated at 88.8.

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Originally Posted by Albert Clark

IMO, I wouldn't even cut at all. What about the risks of cutting? You waited 55 days, be cautious and wait a few more until they pip on their own. Banana pieds is a very expensive clutch. At least a potential expensive clutch with the hets. I would wait. :) Good luck! Eggs look great btw.

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I hear ya, and appreciate the advice.
At 55 days I think it's very safe to cut and it greatly reduces (eliminates?) the risk of them not being able to get out of the egg and dying inside.

Lots of folks cut.
Lots of folks don't cut.

It's the same pairing that produced this last year... Its a long long long shot, but I'm hoping to hit the odds again! :)

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Good luck with the eggs and babies!

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We incubate at 88.9 and we're on day 58 with no pips yet! I'm thinking they'll pip tomorrow.

Good job remaining patient. The pictures at day 52 looked pretty plump. Typically they will start to collapse a bit more at the tail end of development. Just based on looks at day 52 I think they are developing a little slow which is totally fine. I've had them go to 63 days even at that temp. When one pips if you're nervous it would be OK to cut the rest.

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It's the same pairing that produced this last year... Its a long long long shot, but I'm hoping to hit the odds again! :)

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I'm jealous of these...

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Good job remaining patient. The pictures at day 52 looked pretty plump. Typically they will start to collapse a bit more at the tail end of development. Just based on looks at day 52 I think they are developing a little slow which is totally fine. I've had them go to 63 days even at that temp. When one pips if you're nervous it would be OK to cut the rest.

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Thanks! I candled all of them this morning, and all still have good veins and this time I saw all with good movement inside the eggs.

Development...

I set the clutch up in a tub with cling wrap beneath the kid to seal in humidity.
The Herpstat Pro probe was hanging just above the sealed tub and was set at 88.3. A temp gun showed the eggs surface temp at 88.8. This was during the first couple weeks of incubation.

When I candled them the other day it looked as if they weren't taking up much space in the eggs, but it's incredibly hard for me to tell what's what.

Today when I candled them I heat gunned the egg surfaces. 84.5.

So I'm a bit concerned about their well being.
The herpstat probe is now IN the tub and reading 89.2. Maybe my heat gun is wrong???

Not sure what to do.

Today is day 55. I'm STIIIIIIIIIILL trying to hold off on cutting them.
I wish there was a way to at least sort of tell how far along they are in the eggs.

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Today is day 55. I'm STIIIIIIIIIILL trying to hold off on cutting them.
I wish there was a way to at least sort of tell how far along they are in the eggs.

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We usually cut at day 57 when incubating at 88.9. It's day 60 and I suspect all of them will be out by tonight.

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Today is day 55. I'm STIIIIIIIIIILL trying to hold off on cutting them.
I wish there was a way to at least sort of tell how far along they are in the eggs.

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Hang in there RIDE, you are almost home free with the eggs! :gj:

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Hang in there RIDE, you are almost home free with the eggs! :gj:

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Lol. Thanks Albert. I'm trying. ;)

Can anybody tell me how much a pastel genetic stripe spider super banana ball python would cost


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I incubated my clutch at 88.5 and on day 55 (yesterday) they were maybe just a slight bit more dented than yours. I candled them and couldn't see movement either and looked like only the bottom half of the egg was dark (which I thought was the snake). Anyway I cut them open to find that the snakes were taking up every inch of the egg, just crammed in there. Within 24 hours they absorbed every last drop in their egg and crawled out. All 5 were 70 grams and healthy as can be. I'm not going to tell you to cut them, just wanting to share my experience. I posted a thread about it a minute ago. Hope you hit the odds!!

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I incubated my clutch at 88.5 and on day 55 (yesterday) they were maybe just a slight bit more dented than yours. I candled them and couldn't see movement either and looked like only the bottom half of the egg was dark (which I thought was the snake). Anyway I cut them open to find that the snakes were taking up every inch of the egg, just crammed in there. Within 24 hours they absorbed every last drop in their egg and crawled out. All 5 were 70 grams and healthy as can be. I'm not going to tell you to cut them, just wanting to share my experience. I posted a thread about it a minute ago. Hope you hit the odds!!

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Thanks... I cut them at day 56... a couple still had no movement so I was a bit worried... A good freind of mine that is a big breeder told me it's extremely rare to have perfect looking eggs, with dead snakes inside...

Day 58... 1st one pipped, and is now out... 2 others have pipped.

All should be good.