sad pic.. unbilical wrap (graphic)

[Ginevive]

This was pretty sad to find. We found one of our day-52 eggs that had a bunch of slits in it. Mark went to slit it, and could see that the unbilicus was wrapped around the snake inside. It must have killed the baby He was lifeless.. we removed him from the egg and this is what we found. I only wish that maybe we could have found this sooner and saved it, but it was too late.
There was a lot of yolk left inside, but not much liquid around the snake.

[broadude]

There seems to have been a few of those happening this year. It's sad nonetheless.

[MeMe]

I was thinking this may have been the case with one of mine I just lost. I slid him out of the egg and it was around him tight.

Sorry Jen.

I will post a pic on my thread in a few of the one I am talking about.

[Laooda]

Awww.. hey Gin, that's tuff! Sorry honey!

[kc261]

Aw. I'm so sorry you lost the little guy.

[Ginevive]

Thanks Sorry about yours happening too Memes. It is tough but I am counting on those healthy eggers/pippers to bring me up some more

[broadude]

Researching after I lost one this way (first ever), I purchased NERD's book and found some information that may shed some light on the situation.

NERDS book suggests that the snakes themselves twist around in the shell.

Once I read the book, I realized that they had plenty of room to twist and turn since I had cut the eggs a bit early. It usually happens (my opinion) when we cut before enough of the egg yolk is absorbed to make it impossible for them to twist under the cord.