Paul, I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here but taking them out was not the best chance for them to survive. If the eggs were completely draining out the bottom, let them drain to the point to where you can patch the slit. Catch as much of the fluid as you can if possible, patch the egg, and put as much back in along with saline solution. Just don't take the snake out of the egg while you do it. I've used duct tape to patch eggs before as well.
Also, if there was no choice whatsoever to have to pull the snake out of the egg and to tie off the umbilical cord, put food in the snakes ASAP. With them not being able to absorb their yolk, they need some kind of nutrients in their body to absorb. Just taking them out, tying off the cord and not putting anything in their belly will kill them just as fast.
Nobody is trying to scold you or tell you that you don't know what you're doing, we're just trying to help from our own bad experiences to try to help enough so that it doesn't happen to you again. Bad things happen when dealing with live animals and trying to breed them, our best tool is experience and the experience of others to help us on our way.
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