Quote Originally Posted by Quiet Tempest View Post
When they start feeling the eggs pip, they loosen their coils to let the babies crawl out. That's about all the help that can be offered.
Tempest, sorry to be hijacking your thread a bit, but I was wondering what I should do when my pastel eggs pip. They are in a small box with mama which is in a bigger plastic container. So, in the small box, there's hardly any room for eggs and mama, no more than an inch on each of the 2 sides and about 3 inches on each of the other 2 sides (the box is rectangular). The mama can get out of the box anytime (she usually gets her body halfway out to drink) but I'm not sure if babies would know to get out. So, when the eggs pip, when do I take the mom away from the eggs? I'm just wondering if the way I got mine set up if the babies would get crushed under her!