Het candy x albino

[Aercadia]

... just in case they can't cut the egg

DH says snakes have an "egg tooth" on their noses that falls off after they're born (wat), does this sometimes happen prematurely, preventing them from getting out of their eggs naturally? I guess I can see why this would be helpful to the babies, having an easy escape route - other than the obvious complication of cutting a major vein (this kills the snek), does egg-cutting ever cause any other complications that uncut eggs don't experience?

[jben]

DH says snakes have an "egg tooth" on their noses that falls off after they're born (wat), does this sometimes happen prematurely, preventing them from getting out of their eggs naturally? I guess I can see why this would be helpful to the babies, having an easy escape route - other than the obvious complication of cutting a major vein (this kills the snek), does egg-cutting ever cause any other complications that uncut eggs don't experience?

Good question, but I really can't answer since I don't have personal experience with losing a snake to not being able to cut the egg. I just didn't want to take a chance but mostly was just curious to see if I hit the odds. When cutting just gotta be careful and point the siccors up, there are plenty of YouTube videos on cutting .