Egg death...

[m00kfu]

Total bummer! This clutch started pipping today and I found this in one of the eggs when I cut them. Looks like the yolk formed around his neck...

[seeya205]

Ahhh thats too bad! Thats is strange, no umbilical cord!

[snakesRkewl]

Weird, sorry for the loss

[jben]

sorry for the loss.

[joepythons]

Aww so sorry

[MissDixie]

sorry about your loss.

[tiny_tiger60978]

always sucks when a good snake dies...sorry for your loss, but good luck with the rest of the clutch!

[littleindiangirl]

He did have an umbilical cord, but it was torn when we took him out of the egg for a better look.

[Shadera]

I'm so sorry to see this. Any ideas on what might have caused it to happen? That's pretty frightening.

[littleindiangirl]

I'm so sorry to see this. Any ideas on what might have caused it to happen? That's pretty frightening.

Not sure, but one person in BLBC believes that the hardened matter was actually egg white, and only began to harden after the snake died in the egg.

I'm not sure, but he was just a mess tangled up with his yolk and everything, I can't help but believe he was tangled around his neck between the yolk and umbilical cord. His neck was really compressed after I removed the junk.