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Day 66

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Azixs

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I tend to waffle whenever I make a post, so if you get bored just skip down to the bottom, and you'll get the jist of what I'm talking about.


Ok, so It's now been a whole 9 weeks + three days since the eggs were placed in the incubator and I'm starting to get worried. During the first weeks of incubation, one of the eggs collapsed and turned a very dull brown colour (almost like rust). A few days ago, on the monday of week nine, it began to mould.

I decided that it was time to get rid of it, if it's infertile, that's sad, but unavoidable, however if it was rotting and posed a danger to the other eggs, it needed to go.

Using a small pair of sterilized scissors and tweezers, I started to carefully cut around the main part of the egg, so that only a tiny bit of the shell would be left attached to the adjacent eggs (they were bound together).

Problem is, as soon as I started cutting, I noticed movement, and a small hatchling snake came out. :awcrap::awcrap::awcrap:

It turns out the persumably "dead" egg wasen't actually dead at all. The hatchling is alive, as in it responds to movement, and looks like it's breathing. Looking around, there was no yolk in th egg, just white, and the egg was showing no signs of pipping.

So my questions are, what are the odds on this little guy pulling through and why haven't the eggs started to hatch yet?



Thanks for reading.

Azixs
 
66 days is right around them time they should hatch. Give or take a few days or more. I think the little one will be fine. Especially since the yolk sack is all used up and gone. I would also bet that the rest should be hatching very soon.

Next time, I would just leave the eggs alone. Especially at this late stage in the game. You have to realize that the eggs are kept in a warm, moist environment. Fungus and mold will happen.

Good Luck,

Wayne
 
A friend of mine incubated my eggs for me and a similar situation happened. She thought one of the eggs was bad and proceeded to take it apart, and lo and behold there was a live snake in there. This one DID still have a yolk sac. We put her in a warm, moist enclosure and she stayed in the tealight water bowl for a few days. She started out smaller than everyone else, but today she is eating and growing fast.

So your guy has a chance. Keep him warm, in a small container, and give him a moist place to hang out in (damp paper towel, etc.).
 
I decided to check in on it before I rest up for the night. It's gone. :cry:


*Sigh* Rest in peace little guy.
 
Thankg guys, I guess the worst part is knowing that his/her death is entirely my fault.


Still, moving on, at least I know that there's a high chance the rest of the eggs are fertile now. The hatchling looked like a cross between the two parents, with the male's colour a kind of charcoal black colour and the females patterning, a ghost of some kind.

Live in hope,

Azixs
 
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