How long will i wait to cut my ball pthon egg

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I would definitely wait till the first pips. Once you are more experienced you can decided from there!

For those that cut really early how do you keep them from getting nasty/moldy?

Like I said in a earlier post, I will not be cutting that early aggain, and i cut the top off to make it evn worse.. ( first time and being stupid). But I ended up always having to pick up the egg and a littel squeeze and wipeing of the top to get that top section of nastyness off. it was a disaster.. ALL of them ( (8 of 8) survived, but it was alot more work on my side jsut for freaking out and being impatent. I actualy had to add water to a few to keep them moist...

Never again that early!!