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18-Nov-07, 07:52 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Brisbane (South) Age: 32 | | | Eggs Hatching - Advice Please
Oh my goodness, Im soooo excited!! Came home this afternoon to find my babies hatching;
They are childrens pythons and are on day 53, incubated at 29-32 degrees.
There are 9 eggs and they are all fertile.
My questions are: Do I need to slit the eggs to assist them? & When do I move them to their own containers?
It just seems like their slits now are only small and tight around their necks (?)
Il go take some pics now, just wanted to get this posted 
Thanks heaps
Nom |
18-Nov-07, 08:06 PM
|  | Roadkill Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 25  | | | | Give them 24 hours, then very carefully slit the top of any eggs that don't yet have slits in them. No need to do it for any that do have slits.
Remove them to their own tubs only after they have fully emerged from their shells on their own.
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18-Nov-07, 08:11 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Somewhere in the great SE (QLD) Gender: | | | i also keep them on moist paper towels in their container until the 1st shed. THe tricky bits feeding them, hope you have lots of day old mice good luck.....
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18-Nov-07, 08:43 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Central West NSW | | | | Nom. I too have 9 childrens eggs hatching. 1 is out and several more eggs have slits. I will give them 24 hrs before I slit any. Another clutch of 14 due to hatch in a few days. Good luck. Dave |
18-Nov-07, 08:48 PM
|  | Subscriber | | | | | Congrats
Would love to see some pics as they hatch! Best of luck
jimmyd |
18-Nov-07, 08:58 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: May-05 Location: wide bay queensland | | | hope they all hatch for you!.
goodluck.
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19-Nov-07, 06:44 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Brisbane (South) Age: 32 | | | Thanks for the replies guys.
Still only heads and noses sticking out this morning  Fingers crossed they all find some ooomph today and emerge fully.
Cheers
Nom |
19-Nov-07, 07:06 AM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Central West NSW | | | | I got 2 out and a heap of heads and noses too. I bet they will be all out by tonight. Dave |
19-Nov-07, 05:24 PM
| | Subscriber | | | | | How did they go? have they emerged fully yet?
jim |
19-Nov-07, 08:23 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Central West NSW | | | | I have 6 fully out and a few heads stickybeaking out of slits. No eggs without slits. How are yours going Nom??? Dave |
19-Nov-07, 09:06 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Brisbane (South) Age: 32 | | | Thats great dave, I have 3 fully out, 1 head out and the other 5 are still yet to poke through. They are the eggs on the bottom though so am thinking they may be a day behind as they were heated from above (?)
I cant believe how little and cute they are...
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19-Nov-07, 09:25 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Australia Gender: | | | | hey
does anyone here just let the mother naturaly incubate the eggs?
and if you do do they turn out fine? |
19-Nov-07, 09:25 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Central West NSW | | | | Next is the hard part getting them all to eat. Yes it is fascinating. | |
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