I can't believe how touchy a subject this has become. I don't know what condition eggs are in when they are maternally incubated in the wild. I'm sure there are some that shrivel up and die, others the eggs may become very soft and easy to escape from. I know I have seen a great variation in artificially incubated eggs.

I have seen plenty of perfect full term normal size burmese that pipped their eggs and still drowned. If we are going to create an artificial enviroment for eggs that results in eggs that are full of fluid, and also are possibly tougher than eggs that are laid in the wild, it doesn't hurt to finish the process and help them escape the enviroment we have created.

As far as your argument goes, that only the strong should survive, I guess we shouldn't assist feed a new hatchling that after a month or so still refuses to eat and is losing weight. Should we also not give any medical attention to them if they are sick, after all only the strong should survive.

Again, drowning in the egg doesn't seem to be as big a problem with balls as it is with burmese.

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