I cutted the eggs earlier =S help

[novato]

Very good info on this thread. Thanks!!!

[sho220]

I leave ALL my hatchlings in their egg box on fresh wet paper towels and water dish until AFTER their fist shed.

That's a confusing sentence...could you please clarify? Thanks

[m0esgirl]

i think he means that after they hatch and come out of the eggs on their own, he cleans them and the egg box, and leaves them in it (in or out of the incubator i dont know but i would think OUT of it) with wet paper towels, high humidity, and a water dish, until they shed, then probably moves them to their own respective tubs. hope that helped, i dont know what you didnt get about it so i hope i didnt offend you or anything.

[sho220]

(in or out of the incubator i dont know but i would think OUT of it)

That was the confusing part. I read it as back in the incubator they go...after they've come out of the egg.

[moravaguy]

why couldnt they go back into the incubator? its warm, humid, secure..

[EmberBall]

On cutting, I had a one egg clutch this year, my first clutch. When I set up my incubator this year, ok, plugged it in, it was reading about 87 degrees, a bit cool. I do not like to change temps on the Helix unless I am here all day, so it would not get too hot, and over 90. So, I kept forgetting to change it for a few weeks. So, my one egg incubated at 87 for a couple of weeks. At day 60, when he had not pipped, I cut the egg. Day 60 for me is a cut off day, where, if the baby has not pipped by then, there could be a problem, therefore, I cut the egg. HOWEVER, what I forgot about on day 60 was, the fact that the baby cooked for a couple of weeks at a lower temp, so day 60 was really like day 52-54, if it would have cooked at 90 degrees the whole time. (It is set at 88.9 degrees now) Anyways, no issues, the baby is fine, and should be doing his first shed in the next few days.

I would say, don't cut unless some of the babies have come out of the egg, and say one is still not pipping....could be an issue. Cutting day 45 if you are incubating cool, is early, way too early in my opinion. If you have incubated at around 90 degrees, and it is day 60, and you want to cut because you fear there is a problem, I have no issue with that. Cutting to see what you got, on day 40-50 is just assinine if you want to know how I feel. Too many newbies butcher eggs to be like their Ball breeding idols.

Dave

[davidnizmo]

thats right i don t see why u could not put them back in the incubator on wet paper towels until they shed and then move them if it was good enofe for them to hatch in i dont why they cant correct me if im wrong

[RichsBallPythons]

thats right i don t see why u could not put them back in the incubator on wet paper towels until they shed and then move them if it was good enofe for them to hatch in i dont why they cant correct me if im wrong

It Can be done as long as you exchange air or have fresh air circulating in the incubator. Other wise you have babies that will run out of air if not checked upon after so long.

[davidnizmo]

It Can be done as long as you exchange air or have fresh air circulating in the incubator. Other wise you have babies that will run out of air if not checked upon after so long.

ok so as long as u open them up a couple times a day it will be ok then to do that i will move mine into tubs when they come out just was checkin on that for sure thanks rick for the input