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corn snake baby advice

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trenna davis

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my corn snake babies have started to hatch. They have their little heads out of the eggs but that is it. I am wondering how long it takes from when the first start poking their heads out till they should be out of the eggs. I don't want to force them out to soon n have them die, but I also don't want them dying because they aren't getting out of the eggs either. how long does it usually take for them to come out
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Congrats on the babies!
Each baby varies. Some seem to emerge fairly quickly, some take several hours.
You definitely do not want to force them out, they need to absorb the yolk.
It is tough to wait, but it is necessary.
 
we now have 5 babies out of their eggs still 4 left in this clutch that still haven't started pipping yet. I will post pic's soon. they all look the same so far I was hoping for more orange but we will have to wait & see what they look like as they grow, maybe the last 4 will be different looking. They range in weight from 7-9 grams
 
this is mommy & daddy

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I have know idea where we got the brownish grey coloration from in the babies, i thought they would all be orange not grey
any idea what the parents might be morph of producing babies like this
 
I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure the orange in normal corns comes in over time as they grow.
 
Babies look quite different before their first shed as well. I'm thinking you have all normals, maybe some hypos. I'm not good at IDing babies before their first shed though.
 
Parents look like a normal and an amel? Top one looks pretty normal to me (the black borders on the saddles look pretty black, not hypo IMHO), and the bottom snake appears to have some white, and red eyes? As long as there aren't any hets at play, a normal and an Amel will give you all normal babies that are het for amel.

Any more pictures of the parents would be a big help :)

-Travis
 
I have been able to get 6 out of 8 to eat so far will be trying again on saturday hopefully they will all eat. any special tips or tricks for feeding my 2 stubborn babies would be appreciated thanks
 
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