heather i cut a couple of eggs that had been with the female for a few weeks before i put them in the incubator. when i cut the first pewter at about 50-52 days it looked like a ball of sunshine with a little grey worm around the yolk. 21 days later after topping off the lost embrionic fluid with iv saline twice daily the pewters hatched perfectly. while a huge error i was able to observe the baby growing for the last 3 weeks of its development. it was a horrible mistake to make, but getting to see the process of the snake developing was incredible. i think the total days from the time she layed until the entire clutch had come out healthy was 70-73 days on pins and needles.
howard
i will have to look back through memory cards and see if i can find photos.
Last year I was super careful, and used tiny scissors. But this year I just use a razor and lop off the entire top half of the eggs, being just careful enough that I don't scalp the snakes inside. I haven't had any problems yet.
What are these mojavas I keep hearing so much about?
I use VERY sharp surgical scissors. The trick to to make a tiny V then place the sharp tip of the scissor against the top wall and slide it inward. Basically I am pushing the veins away from the top of the egg and ensure that they don't get cut....
That make sense?
I've had some very messy cutting in the past, but have not yet lost a baby as a result.
Seriously tho...I have had eggs where I hit veins and could have sworn I drowned the hatchlings in their own blood. But they always seem to do fine and I have never lost one.
Trey Barnard taught me how to cut eggs and we did it with surgical sissors. Pinched a VERY small peice of the egg (They were already heavily dimpled) and make a very small cut, then use that pilot hole to cut a triangle shape window.
I've only cut eggs that were 52 Days or older though. But from my understanding you shouldn't cut them younger than that anyway.
They are super sharp, but i like them because they are TINY and i can make a very teeny prick in the shell, then use the tip of one and start cutting. No pinching needed!
Alicia Holmes www.BerkshireBoids.com
Enough snakes that i cant count them properly anymore.
if you really want to get good cut corn snake eggs........talk about tough since their so small compared to ball eggs......anyways I think the blood issue is very overrated.....main concerns are snake drowning in egg and infecion..
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