Egg cutting

[BHReptiles]

I noticed that too this past year, not a big sampling but I was kind of surprised how hungry they seemed compared to some past clutches that we cut on day 52.

My hypothesis is that they are using up a lot of their energy from the yolk storage to cut through the egg and thus that energy needs to be replaced by other methods of nutrients (i.e. a rat or mouse). When you cut, they don't have to use up that energy since it's already done for them. But again, just a hypothesis.