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    Should I be scared, hatchling

    My female has only laid eggs once before years ago and the eggs went bad right away. This is the first hatchling to come out and I am not sure he looks right. It's skin is a bit wrinkly and it's belly has a fat spot.


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    He looks fine. Sometimes they come out looking a little wrinkly but they'll shed that off in a week or so. Congrats on the hatchling.
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    Re: Should I be scared, hatchling

    Is the fat spot hard or soft and squishy? If it's hard it could be an undigested yolk (hard belly) and it can be very serious.

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    The fat spot is squishy. I read the thread regarding the hardened yolk and was really scared. But his stomach is soft and the fat spot will move around if I gently press.

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    He looks alright. I was also going to ask if it was hard or soft. If it's soft he should be alright. Just keep an eye on that lump.

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    They absorb all there left over yolk right before they leave the egg. This is basically their first meal and holds them over until after they shed the first time. As long as that spot is not hard you are in good shape.
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    Learned a lot from this thread, thank you guys.
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    He should be just fine. Just give him a lil time to buff out
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    Here are my four spinners on the day they came out of the egg. See the guy on the left. When they injest the yolk, they do it through the umbelical on their belly. They can get quite fat. It's not hard belly though. I have hatched out babies with hard belly and they generally come out pretty thin, at least in my experience. Keep an eye on it, if the belly hardens up then I would start to worry but a lot of healthy babies come out fat like that.

    It can be very difficult to deal with hard belly. I think I read there was something like a 95% fatality rate with hardbelly which is pretty consistent with my experience. It can be quite traumatic for you as a keeper so make sure you keep on top of it, but it looks like you have a healthy hatchling there. Just remember you should give her a good rinsing off after she comes out of the egg.

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    Thanks for all the responses. To be honest I got quiet depressed after reading the thread about the undisgestedyolk and really thought the little guy had it. To hear that he should be fine is a relief.

    I did rinse him off once he was completely out of the egg and now have him in his own enclosure with water and hide box, although it looks like he prefers to between the paper towel to hide.

    So far he is the only one to come completely out of the egg. One other guy has poked out but is still in his egg. The other egg that looks like it should hatch hasn't done anything yet.

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