Day 50 and I'm itching to cut.

[merdcme]

there are people that cut as early as day 45. i cut a two egg clutch early (day 51) and defiantly regretted it. they are both fine but after i cut i was SOOO worried about them and i drove me CRAZY it's definatly better to wait, even if its just for your sake.

[Animals As Leaders]

I would wait until day 55, and go from there also.

Just so ya know, cutting them doesn't make the wait any better. Yeah you may know what you have, but nothing beats when there out and moving. Thats when I personally felt "relief." Waiting for them to come out of the egg after you cut I think is even worse

[pitoon]

resist the urge......have some self control!!!!

Pitoon

[irishanaconda]

well i have cut from day 43 and to day 55 and anywhere between. Im also known as edward scissor hands too... if ur cutting at day 43-50 exspect to get some white film over the egg towards the end but i actually know people that cut at day 32 and still hatch fine......

[PassionsPythons]

I've cut all mine this year at day 51, and all were out by day 54. 90 degree incubation.

[TheReptileEnthusiast]

LOL, I was actually trying to get talked out of cutting. I'm still gonna wait a couple more days. I was originally planning on day 52-53, but I'm leaning towards 54-55 now if one hasn't pipped yet.

[TheReptileEnthusiast]

Just an update. I ended up cutting on day 54. They were both normal possible hets. I was actually able to keep my mind off it after I cut. Not knowing what they were was driving me nuts. If one had been a clown I may have kept stressing until it came out though. I am not too disappointed since I didn't really have very high hopes with only 2 surviving eggs(3 others died at day 37ish). I am actually very excited just to have a couple beautiful little snakes go full term(almost full term at least). The first one peeked out of his pre-pipped egg today. I hope they are girls!

[irishanaconda]

congrats man!! hope there females lol

[Lolo76]

Congrats! Looks like he/she has a really nice neck-stripe, maybe even going down the body? So, how many days was it from the time you cut until they pipped? I'm on day 56-57 here, and fighting the urge to cut...

[TheReptileEnthusiast]

I cut on day 54 and the first peeked out on day 57. The other is still fine, but hasn't peeked out as of day 58. Still no white film/bacteria growth inside.