Some help with my hatchlings

[kc261]

Yay!

We need pics of that little head peeking out!

[Mikkla]

I think that 3 of them have there heads out now, 2 normals and 1 spider.
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

[Mikkla]

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!!

[CruelHerbie]

Gahr, I want a spider!

[frankykeno]

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

[PythonWallace]

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

[RoyalGuardian]

are ball pythons born with a sort of egg tooth?

[tideguyinva]

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?

[bait4snake]

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.

[frankykeno]

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 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.