Not exactly the birthday present I was hoping for, poor little Tony the Tiger didn't make it. As you can see from the photos the whole bottom half of the egg is a semi solid lump with veins. It wasn't attached to him in any way, but he is TINY, and even if he had made it out I don't think he would have survived.

On the bright side, mum and dad are both healthy and two of the other 4 babies have their heads out now and have been mooching as there is vermiculite in their eggs, the other two should have heads out by tomorrow I think.

I will probably try the same pairing next year, and I am holding the other 4 babies back.