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eggs hatching in scotland

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hi from scotland, just found this website and registered as i need a little advice.
my son (15) has 2 corn snakes and an american gopher. the corns mated earlier this year and we managed to salvage 5 eggs from 10, we did not know what sex the corns were and the female as it turns out was only approx 2 yrs old. anyway with some help from this site 3 have hatched and are fine, a 4th started hatching early yesterday morning but still only has it's head out. does it need a helping hand, how long can it take, is it ok. it is still alive but i don't know if it's in trouble as the others all hatched in no more than 5 or 6 hours once they started. any advice would be much appreciated, also can i thank all the people with advice on here as without it we would most likely have lost all the eggs due to ignorace

thanks
 
they can take a couple of days to pip, so I'd leave it.

Can I suggest you post this on the breeding/egg production forum as well, where it is likely to get more replies?

David
 
Don't try to 'help' it, it's normal for them to stay in the egg after making the first slit. It is going to stay iin there until it finishes absorbing the yolk, if you try to take it out it can have problems and come out with the yolk sac still attached to the umbilicus. It can take 24 - 48 hours before they are ready to exit the egg.
 
DavidM said:
they can take a couple of days to pip, so I'd leave it.

Can I suggest you post this on the breeding/egg production forum as well, where it is likely to get more replies?


Don't try to 'help' it, it's normal for them to stay in the egg after making the first slit. It is going to stay iin there until it finishes absorbing the yolk, if you try to take it out it can have problems and come out with the yolk sac still attached to the umbilicus. It can take 24 - 48 hours before they are ready to exit the egg.

thanks for the help, still learning to navigate the site, will let you know how i get on
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