How to care for eggs after you cut them

[sookieball]

Haha that is the question....

So I'm cutting my clutch on Saturday
But I also want to know how to care for them properly after cutting...
I know you gotta wath them and make sure they don't dry out
By adding bottled water just not to much to not drown them...


But what else? How do you pro breeders do it?

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[llovelace]

Clean off any gunk as it forms, add water as needed until they come out. What day are they at?

[Jason Bowden]

What temp did you incubate at and what day are you on.

I usually wait to cut until at least one baby pips.

If you cut them, just leave them in the incubator. Let the babies crawl out the egg by them selves.(may take several days depending if they are even close to coming out)

I've never added anything/water to my cut eggs.

[Jason Bowden]

I asked for temp and day because I incubated at 87 degrees this year and my babies didn't pip until day 72. I'd let one of the babies pip first.

[sookieball]

Well their temps were kept between 87.8-89.9 but the eggs were in a pile as momma put them that way and they stuck together that way.
And 4 were at the bottom and 3 on top... The three on top were closest to the heat.
Those three dimpled on day 34.
And 1 more dimpled at day 40
And 1 more just started dimpling 2 days ago.
And 2 are still plump.
Saturday is day 52 and I planned on cutting the 2 that dimpled first ONLY. And wait for the others to pipp or till day 56 ...

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[sookieball]

Oh I forgot to mention...

This is my first clutch and I'm using the zoomed reptibator and its set to 92 and the therm in side the container of the eggs is reading 89.9 most of the time. With a couple days of socal heat they peaked 90.2

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[LadyOhh]

Honestly, I wouldn't cut at all. If this is your first clutch, I'd let it go naturally so that you can see how it works.

[sookieball]

Honestly, I wouldn't cut at all. If this is your first clutch, I'd let it go naturally so that you can see how it works.

But I'm so impatient! LOL
I do feel that they will be super tiny...
They were a 7 egg clutch
And the female weighed 1789 right before she laid.
I forgot to weigh the clutch when they were laid.
But her weight after lay was 1162...
I was talking to beckys son at WF reptiles and he said not to worry because they really cram them selves pretty tightly into the egg...

Just think they will be super small and too weak to pipp

[LadyOhh]

Yeah, if you don't know what you are doing, you CAN cut a vein and kill the baby.

I really don't think its worth it unless you have someone there with you that knows what they are doing.

[sookieball]

Well I have a friend who does and they have helped me the whole way.
I just always look to the opinions of the forum for a more solid advice.
I'm really worried about the size of one of the hatchlings especially
Because it dimpled so soon in the process... And its very lively in the egg and SOOOOOOOO SMALL.
I'm worried it won't be able to pipp or it will just be a runt and problematic anyways.
I don't want to lose any BECAUSE its ny first clutch and really I'm so spectacularly worried about this little one. It's abut the thickness of a sharpie and looks to be VERY small.

I'm worried because I remember a thread abu the 15 gram bumble bee who thankfully made it and is doing well last I read.. I feel this lill guy will be that kind of story.

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