I so badly want to see...

I need you guys to talk me down off the ball python egg cutting ledge. The eggs are all fully dimpled (day 54 at 89-91...it's been hot here). I don't want to cut them because I think they need help...I just want to see inside! Must...resist...must not break open the sterile suture cutting kit that I nicked from work.

Must be good. Right?

Haha, that was me a week ago. Since day 52 I wanted to cut and had to talk myself out of it. I decided to wait for a pip and if I got nothing by day 57 I would cut. Stay strong haha resist temptation.


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Thank you! I do need to stay strong. The last few days are the hardest! Doesn't help that I'm home. I need to leave the house and remove the temptation. I swore I'd wait til first pip

Question.... Dumb question but what is a pip I also want to breed balls I'm just starting out I wanna have everything ready before I start I wanna do it as a hobby/passion I love snakes especially ball pythons (like everybody else lol)

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A 'pip' is the term for when a ball python makes a slit in the egg and pokes their head out. It's the first stage of hatching.

PS- no pips for me today....

Dang it! I was hoping one would pip for you :P

I know!! Come out and play little ones! This last week of waiting is the hardest. However all of the eggs look really good and are nicely dimpled. ....soon....soon.

Thank you for the info I can't wait till I start breeding I'm still trying to figure out if I wanna get a rack system or get 2 more ap- t8's with dividers

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It's hard I know. Just let them hatch. When you think about it. Once you cut the eggs the suspense and fun is over. Give it another day or two.

I love my rack system and my ball pythons eat better when they are in a rack system.

It's sooo hard! The suspense! I'm more nervous about them being healthy than what they look like (I like that kind of anticipation). I'm going to give them another day, and then I will probably just put tiny slits in the eggs, nothing that I can see into, just enough to make sure no one drowns. I'm most worried for the two that are under the top one in case they try to get out where the other egg is stuck on.

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Originally Posted by Tigerhawk

It's hard I know. Just let them hatch. When you think about it. Once you cut the eggs the suspense and fun is over. Give it another day or two.

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Thats a great way to look at it!:gj:

You should be able to easily unstick the eggs now. Just try to set them back down same side up.

Perfect. I shall try that. Thanks!

What day are you on now? I'm so excited to see the results of this clutch!

Today is day 57 and so far no signs of the little guys. Despite being dimpled they might not be as close to hatch as I thought, I tried to move the top egg off the others and it came free a little bit but I couldn't get it off easily so I left it be. The way it's on there it has a lot of surface area stuck to the other two. I thought they might hatch early since the heat made it difficult to keep my incubator at 89, it was more like 90. However they are taking their own time and that's just how it will have to be ;) The last few days are so nerve wracking, I hate to get so close and lose any of them, but so far so good.