Dude... this egg is already taken (pushy BP shell squatters

[Bruce Whitehead]

Poor little enchi, is just barely peeking out of his egg, and this pushy bin-mate decides that he is not happy being out of his egg and would prefer a shared accomodation.

If you look carefully you can see the head is enchi and the body is normal.

I had just removed his shell and then looked back in and had this moment of complete confusion. Took me a few seconds to see that he had forced himself into the enchi's egg.

Took a few minutes and some very gently coaxing to convince him that he needed to make it on his own.

The enchi was half his size so there was not enough room for him to take on a live in companion.

But the good part was finding out that the wee enchi had just begun tangling himself in his umbilicus... it was about an inch down past his head, a few gentle nose ticklings was all it took to get him to retract his head enough that I was able to remove the umbilicus.

[A.VinczeBPs]

He was looooonely, oh sooo looooonely.
Good thing you sorted it out and got the enchi untangled.

[mrsbrougher]

Thats a pretty little reduced enchi! The normal has a neato busy pattern.

[Bruce Whitehead]

Sometimes a snake just needs to be spooned... who says they are not socialable creatures?

B

[Lolo76]

LOL... that is too funny! Maybe he was just shocked that he emerged in Canada? Scoot over, it's warmer in here!

[Lolo76]

Btw, how often do you check on them during the pipping/emerging stage? My eggs are in a solid mini-fridge incubator, and I'm afraid I won't notice something like a tangled umbilical cord... since at this stage (day 40) I'm only checking on them once daily.

[mechnut450]

lol nice bruce. I like my coke machine so I can check the eggs with out opening the tub as often. I remove the ones that crawl out and give them a rinse and place in a small tub back in the incubator until they are all out ( I gonig to keep clutches together when I breed.) this way I won't be sending a person as 66% possible het to a person that got a normal and the same wit hthe normal to the person getting the het.

[Dixie Serpent Den]

That's funny. We have a shed box we put them in as they come out so the entire clutch is together until they all shed. Then they go to their own boxes sexed and ready for their first meal. Helps us not mixed the clutches. I have never had one try to get into anothers shell. But I'm glad you were able to catch the enchi getting tangled. We lost a bee this year due a situation like that.

[Bruce Whitehead]

Once they emerge I check at least twice a day. In the morning and in the evening.

I keep a shed tupperware in the incubator, as they come out they all go into one container. But this little guy had *just* left his egg, so I took it out and when I turned back to grab him he was already in the other snake's egg.

He was seriously not happy about losing his shell!

I had to look twice to actually see what was happening, if you look at the markings on his body, he was 1/4-1/3 into the egg already.

Bruce

[jsschrei]

Oh m gosh how cute! Congrats on your Enchi (and other healthy babies)!