How long must I resist cutting?

[LotsaBalls]

Hatch date is two weeks from now...I'm going to an open house at Royalconstrictordesigns on the fifth. I would like to know what I have so I have an idea what I might like to buy/sell. Anyone feeling me? Just excited I guess. Two weeks isn't to early, is it?

[KingPythons]

That's day 46 right!? Don't do it!!!!! I did on day 45 and lost one. Just to risky. I would say day 51 is better then day 45 IMO.

[SlitherinSisters]

I wouldn't cut that early if you aren't experienced. Cutting at day 52 is fairly simple as long as you keep the eggs clean and wet.

[LotsaBalls]

Is six days going to make a lot of difference? More egg maintenance? Is that it?

[jjmitchell]

I would not cut before day 55 day 52 is probably safe, I dunno I just wouldnt want to risk it personally and if you cut and then go to the open house you still wont have anything to trade, go and do your shopping get your wish list, and when stuff hatches hash out a trade

[LotsaBalls]

Grrrr! Why does everyone sound right when I don't want to listen!!

[Subdriven]

Atleast 52. So much can happen before that, plus they don't even color up till mid 50's anyway. So if you cut earlier you still don't really see what you have. Spiders look like bees and so on.

[LotsaBalls]

Anyone else? Maybe someone that is on the other side of the fence.

[snakesRkewl]

Anyone else? Maybe someone that is on the other side of the fence.

My buddy cut his first ever clutch of 9 eggs on day 47 this year, every single one died.
It's your call, nobody can tell you what to do, but I tell you what, my buddy will never do it again and has to live with the memory of his impatience.

I wait usually wait until day 55 to 56 on most eggs before cutting but if they are deflated all of the way by day 52 I'll cut.

[spitzu]

Check this out from my first clutch. I cut on day 48 and was almost certainly the cause of them all dying. I'm not saying that you are as incompetent as I am, but it really isn't worth it. Those babies all looked the same to me until like day 54.