Successful MI - THEY'RE HATCHING!!! Now what?

[AlexisFitzy]

Wow so glad you had a successful maternal incubation! I definitely want to try it some time. Your pics are beautiful and so heart warming! Nothing is more beautiful than a big beautiful mommy taking care of her hatching eggs. You piebald is gorgeous btw! Big pretty mommy. Can't wait to see the babies when they decide to come out of the egg. Keep us posted


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[piedplus]

Congrats! I want to try this method at some point...maybe after I get a few clutches under my belt.

BTW: I'm a nursing student...so when I saw "successful MI" I was very perplexed as to why A. you were excited and B. you had a "successful" heart attack (myocardial infarction is the medical term which is often abbreviated to MI) as opposed to an unsuccessful one. Just excuse me while I go sit in my nerd corner.

What a crack up! Good luck on trying MI some time... the good kind.

[piedplus]

Really cool! And great pics!!

Thanks!

[piedplus]

Wow so glad you had a successful maternal incubation! I definitely want to try it some time. Your pics are beautiful and so heart warming! Nothing is more beautiful than a big beautiful mommy taking care of her hatching eggs. You piebald is gorgeous btw! Big pretty mommy. Can't wait to see the babies when they decide to come out of the egg. Keep us posted


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Thanks! Yes, I'll be sure to post more pictures. I want to get one of the whole clutch, then individual pictures. Watch for me. Good luck with your projects.

[SlitherinSisters]

Oh I love the picture with mom and the little faces!!!

[piedplus]

Oh I love the picture with mom and the little faces!!!

Thanks! That's what it's all about for me... nature in action.

[piedplus]

Well, guess I shouldn't have worried so much last night. Here it is nearly 24 hours later, and still all I have is a couple of heads poking out. Can't wait to see what the morphs are!

[Quiet Tempest]

Congrats on your clutch!

As for what next, the babies will finish absorbing the rest of their yolk before coming out of their eggs so it may take a bit longer before you see what you've got. For mom, you can offer food at any point during incubation when she's brooding. Sometimes they'll feed regularly and sometimes sporadically but if they're hungry, they'll still eat. At this point, though, I would wait to offer her food once the clutch has vacated the nest because now that the eggs have pipped they won't be shielding the hatchlings inside from being squeezed if mom is over eager with her meal.

[piedplus]

Congrats on your clutch!

As for what next, the babies will finish absorbing the rest of their yolk before coming out of their eggs so it may take a bit longer before you see what you've got. For mom, you can offer food at any point during incubation when she's brooding. Sometimes they'll feed regularly and sometimes sporadically but if they're hungry, they'll still eat. At this point, though, I would wait to offer her food once the clutch has vacated the nest because now that the eggs have pipped they won't be shielding the hatchlings inside from being squeezed if mom is over eager with her meal.

Thanks! Just what I needed to know. Now I'll be more patient. It's been driving me crazy seeing their little heads for the last couple of days. But today ones body was next to the hole... It's Pied! So I got at least one.

[cory9oh4]

Congrats! I want to try this method at some point...maybe after I get a few clutches under my belt.

BTW: I'm a nursing student...so when I saw "successful MI" I was very perplexed as to why A. you were excited and B. you had a "successful" heart attack (myocardial infarction is the medical term which is often abbreviated to MI) as opposed to an unsuccessful one. Just excuse me while I go sit in my nerd corner.

I'm an EMT and thought the same thing lmao!