First clutch is hatching!

[MrLang]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I took some pics last night to post today asking if I should cut given the amount the eggs were collapsed. I read some threads about the eggs drying up and needing a bit of saline and thought I might be in that situation. I woke up this morning at day 59 and saw a little head poking out!

Pairing was Bumble Bee x Ghost
There was 1 head out at 9am which was this normal and when I just got home there were 3 total that are open. The first baby looks like a normal het ghost - it went back in its egg - the second is a bumble bee, and the third has a slit but I didn't want to go in and mess around quite yet because they seem to be doing fine without me fussing.

I know you all came for the pics. There will be many more coming but I want to leave them alone in peace and quiet for now. Here is your terrible, awful quality teaser; check in later for updates with many more pics:

What they looked like last night when I started to be worried:


What I saw this morning:


I will be pipping the other couple of eggs if they aren't out in a few hours. Check back for the end results!

[Rickys_Reptiles]

I have had snakes pip 3 days after their siblings. You've waited this long, let them all pip on their own.

[Southern_Breeder]

Congrats on the clutch. Keep us updated!

[MrLang]

I have had snakes pip 3 days after their siblings. You've waited this long, let them all pip on their own.

B-b-but... it's Christmas Eve! I want my oompa loompas NOW!

I am on the fence, but I do generally speak against cutting. We'll see if I can control myself when I go up later and open the box. If I do cut them, it's going to be a VERY small cut.

[SlitherinSisters]

Aww yay!!! Congrats!

[BHReptiles]

Congrats on the clutch!

If you waited 59 days to not cut...what's a few more? You'll be glad you waited when you see a box full of little heads!

[MrLang]

I'm glad I waited. I did help open up the hole for the little bumble bee this morning because I noticed him doing what looked like trying to get out last night, but he didnt fit through the hole me made. When he tried to go back into the egg, his fat head didn't fit through the hole that he made either. I carefully widened it about a half an inch so he can be in or out of the egg by choice now. I woke up this morning and discovered that BOTH of the eggs I saw pip that I thought were normals were actually pastels and they came out! Also, a 4th worm cut himself a little vent and looking inside at the head pattern, it is pretty clearly a spider.

Count: 4 open, 2 pastels out, 1 bee in, 1 spider in. I am giving the remaining 2 eggs until tomorrow night to pip (3 days behind the first pip) before giving them a small hole to see what's up.

The bee before I helped open his hole a little bit:


Everyone this morning... egg 4 is where the spider is sitting with his nose next to that vent:


There will be many more pics here and on my Facebook page linked in my signature as they come out.

HUGE thanks to all of the pros and amateurs here who have weighed in with their expertise and experiences (both good and bad) to help me gain the knowledge needed for this. WOOOOOOO

[MrLang]

Egg 4 spider looks like he's going to come out tonight. Egg 5 is ANOTHER PASTEL. Egg 6 is taking its sweet time. It's probably an embarassed normal...

3 pastel, 1 bee, 1 spider

[BHReptiles]

Egg 4 spider looks like he's going to come out tonight. Egg 5 is ANOTHER PASTEL. Egg 6 is taking its sweet time. It's probably an embarassed normal...

3 pastel, 1 bee, 1 spider

Poor guy's not even born yet and he's got a complex! (watch him be a normal MALE)

[MrLang]

Poor guy's not even born yet and he's got a complex! (watch him be a normal MALE)

He popped out this morning... ANOTHER spider! He was probably int he egg spinning his head looking for the roof.

First clutch = no normals (although even normals would be het hypo)

Many pics to come as the last few exit the egg and they shed out.