I guess I'm missing the whole "cutting" bandwagon. It seems like some people on this forum advocate cutting extremely early because they just can't bear the suspense of what's coming out. There are a lot of suspenseful elements to owning a snake and hatching babies, but that doesn't mean they're all bad.

It seems like the risk at exposing the hatchling to the external environment too soon as well as nicking a vein in the egg far outweigh the marginal enjoyment of knowing 10 days sooner what's in there.

As soon as they pip, I'll cut. Or if they go past day 60.

I'm admittedly a newbie at hatching ball python eggs, so maybe I'm just missing something here.

JonV