Some help with my hatchlings

I've cut my eggs a couple of days ago, on day 53, and they haven't come out with there heads yet. I think it's been 4 days now and the fluid in the eggs start to look pretty bad. They move so they are alive!

Is there anything I need to do? And in that case what?

Thanks, Mikael

Just wait. They will come out eventually :)

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Originally Posted by Mikkla

Is there anything I need to do? And in that case what?

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Yes, leave them alone. ;) I know it's tempting to keep checking on them, but the best thing you can do is allow them to absorb their yolk and come out on their own. Make sure the humidity is bumped up so they don't dry out, but other than that they should be crawling out soon.

What temp did you incubate them at?

Yes, I did the same a couple of months ago. I had the dates wrong and I was around 89 on the temp. I have seen it take up to 63 or 64 days. If you leave them completely alone, they will be eventually by fine.

Okey, we will leave them alone :colbert2:

They were incubated at 89 degrees...

Thanks for all the advise!

I've had the fluid get gross and what I do is squeeze the fluid out and replace it with incubator-temp water. Works very well and the babies don't have to sit in the bacteria-infested fluid.

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

I've had the fluid get gross and what I do is squeeze the fluid out and replace it with incubator-temp water. Works very well and the babies don't have to sit in the bacteria-infested fluid.

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Ya know what Becky? I always beleive that you'll come into threads like this and save the day :D
You need a Super Hero cape....
....Hey Laura- got your sketch pad handy?!?! :P

Nah. It's just what I've done that works. I hate for them to have to sit in icky fluid for days(could be 7-8 more days after you cut until the snake comes out).

Thats why i dont cut'em, they come out when they are ready, not me:)

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

Thats why i dont cut'em, they come out when they are ready, not me:)

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That's what I did with my last clucth (for the first time). I waited until 1/2 the eggs had slits or pipping heads, then I cut my windows. No funky fluid, and I will probably never cut them early again. Although it doesn't seem to do any harm, who wants an incubator to smell like rotten eggs?

It's almost been a week since I cut the eggs now and I've checked on them once a day. Today one of them had died in the egg, the other babies is still in there eggs and has not even tried to stick thier heads out from the eggs. I'm really scared that I will lose them all now. :(

Sorry that you lost one. Is it day 60 today? If you have then at 89 I think that as long as they were health to begin with, they should start coming out soon.

I day 59 today... I really, really hope that the others come out soon and that they are healthy!

Here is some pics :(

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...ptiles/019.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...ptiles/021.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...ptiles/020.jpg

Are you lightly misting the eggs once or twice daily. It was suggested to me by an experienced breeder that a light misting once or twice a day once the eggs are open helps. I keep a small misting bottle, set on the finest mist setting, in the incubator so the water temp is just right and give any opened eggs a VERY light mist when I first get up in the morning and again later in the evening.

Anything new happen yet?

No nothing and it's day 61 now. I checked on them now and they dont move...

Any suggestions?

If their fluid is gross, go ahead and squeeze the egg to remove as much of it as possible. Then pour incubator-temp tap-water into the eggs until they are washed off. Check the yolks and see if they are actually absorbing them. I've had babies stay in their eggs up to and past 70 days and they were fine(incubated at 87).

I replaced the fluid in two clutches of eggs after the albumin got cloudy and gross. The babies absorbed all their yolk, were nice and healthy and had a good shed a week later. They are all doing fine and eating now.

I've replaced the fluid a couple of days ago and I have been misting them very little morning and night and today my wife told me she saw one stick his head out so now théy might be coming :)

Thanks for all the advise!

Yay! :fest:

We need pics of that little head peeking out!

I think that 3 of them have there heads out now, 2 normals and 1 spider. :banana:
I dont want to disturb them to much so I only got a cellphone photo from outside of the incubator...

I will see if I can get better pics tomorrow

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...s/DSC00319.jpg

They came out 6 days ago and they are all healthy and weigh around 70 g.
1.0 Spider and 1.2 Normals and we are keeping the two females :)

Thanks for all the help!! :gj:

http://www.214reptiles.com/images/bi...lutch1/2.2.jpg

http://www.214reptiles.com/images/bi...0%20spider.jpg

http://www.214reptiles.com/images/bi...old%20back.jpg

Gahr, I want a spider!

The are all very cute but that little spider, that's a sweetie! Congrats on the new hatchlings. :)

That's a nice looking clutch. That spider is smokin.

are ball pythons born with a sort of egg tooth?

Can someone please explain to me why you mist them? I am on day 44 with my eggs. They are not cut or anything, I was just wondering what you mist them for?

I cut eggs on day 58 and they came out last night on day 68. It happens... though I was scared to death for the last 10 days, lol.

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Can someone please explain to me why you mist them? I am on day 44 with my eggs. They are not cut or anything, I was just wondering what you mist them for?

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I was told to do it so that the goop in their eggs doesn't start to thicken up. Since at this point you're likely opening up the egg box and so forth a lot and you've exposed to the hatchlings to this by cutting them, I guess the idea is it helps to keep the egg and hatchling in it safe from any problems with the hatchling being able to get out of it's egg easily.

I was told to NOT soak them, just a VERY light misting once or twice daily after I did the cuts. I keep a small mister bottle set on the lightest mist level in the incubator so the misting water is not chilly. It's worked well for us this year (granted my experience is only this year so take that for what it's worth). We didn't see any mold develop, the hatchlings all came out nicely with no open bellies, unabsorbed yolk sacs or anything like that.

They look great I have got 4 eggs in the incubator and due to hatch any day now, we got the pythons from 2 young lads who were going back to the uk and didnt want them anymore, any tips on sexing the hatchlings without probing them as I dont know how to do this.