Question regarding baby Ball Python.

[Srrme]

My sister has a clutch of 4 eggs (that was unexpected! she was told Yawn was a male) that hatched 3-4 days ago. 3 of the babies have already come out of their eggs, but 1 will not come out -- she cut the egg, and he's just sitting in there (he is alive). Is this a reason to be concerned? Does he need to eat the "yolk" before he comes out? Should she intervene?

I apologize if I don't know what I'm talking about regarding the yolk, but that's what she told me she's read. Ball Python's aren't my area of expertise.

[771subliminal]

My sister has a clutch of 4 eggs (that was unexpected! she was told Yawn was a male) that hatched 3-4 days ago. 3 of the babies have already come out of their eggs, but 1 will not come out -- she cut the egg, and he's just sitting in there (he is alive). Is this a reason to be concerned? Does he need to eat the "yolk" before he comes out? Should she intervene?

I apologize if I don't know what I'm talking about regarding the yolk, but that's what she told me she's read. Ball Python's aren't my area of expertise.

sometimes they just like to make you wait, if its moving inside the egg then its fine and hell come out when hes ready

[Srrme]

Here's a picture, by the way.

[WingedWolfPsion]

I'd pour some warm water in there, looks like all the goo is gone, and he's going to dry out. You don't want that yolk dehydrating before he can absorb it.

Let him be. He's not 'done' yet. If he's not out in 3 days, investigate--if the yolk is gone, and he won't emerge, he may have some sort of deformity.

[Srrme]

I'd pour some warm water in there, looks like all the goo is gone, and he's going to dry out. You don't want that yolk dehydrating before he can absorb it.

Let him be. He's not 'done' yet. If he's not out in 3 days, investigate--if the yolk is gone, and he won't emerge, he may have some sort of deformity.

Okay, I just told her to pour a bit of warm water in there. Thanks a lot for the information!

[sarahlovesmiike]

LOL they don't eat the yolk, they absorb through an umbilical cord. The baby is awful cute, I hope s/he makes it!

[Srrme]

OK -- My sister just informed me that the little guy (or gal) is half way out of his egg, but he still hasn't absorbed the yolk, and apparently it's stuck to the inside of the egg; he tries to move and takes the egg with him.

What can she do? Should she put him in a container by himself with wet paper towels?

[Srrme]

She just sent me this photo.

[CoolioTiffany]

Was it always in the tub or was it in the incubator for the time as it was hatching out?

I could have had problems coming out and becoming dry because it wasn't in the incubator. People tend to leave their snakes in the incubator until most or all has hatched out, or at least the ones that haven't fully emerged from the egg.

[Srrme]

Was it always in the tub or was it in the incubator for the time as it was hatching out?

I could have had problems coming out and becoming dry because it wasn't in the incubator. People tend to leave their snakes in the incubator until most or all has hatched out, or at least the ones that haven't fully emerged from the egg.

They weren't incubated at all. She left the 4 eggs with the mother snake (this wasn't an intentional breeding). She removed them once they started to emerge from the egg and put them in a tub on wet paper towels. She's been misting them religiously, so I'm not sure if drying out could have caused it, but what do I know.