First clutch (heartbreaking)

[Stewart_Reptiles]

the ambilicul cord wrapped around him I don’t see how that could of happened after I cut, it must have ben like that from the beginning.

Nope that is not how twisted umbilicus happen they mainly happen because of this

i checked on them every day sometimes twice after I cut.

The more you mess with eggs right before they pip (like candling too much), or mess with them after they are cut (like checking on them twice a day) the more you will have tangled umbilicus, if you startled the hatchling they will tangle themselves up. (not my first season or first clutch )

When you cut you do so by doing a small flap and you put them back in the incubator until the emerge on their own you do not bother them.