I wait until the clutch starts pipping and sometimes cut ... depends on the value of the clutch. I have spoken with breeders that have had hatchlings actually drown in the egg fluid trying to get out as well as seeing it myself.

This year with all of the clutches in the incubator I'm finding it a little impractical to cut, but if I had only a clutch or two and was producing my first morphs, I'd be all over them! ... Having fun is what it's all about and as long as you wait long enough, the snakes will be fine.



-adam