ok i am also a first time breeder and did lost of research before i decided to go into breeding my snakes i have one cluch cooking right now its not that he cut the egg its that he took it out of the incubator i have friends that will cut day 30 or day 45 not for me i will wait til they pip but everyones different if u do chose to cut early make sure u can close it back and leave it in the incubator no need to move it oonly move it when its fully out of the egg and roaming around