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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• Would somebody please close the door! - jrsnakeman, Tue Sep 19 08:11:12 2006
• God didn't make scissors...... - snakize1978, Tue Sep 19 11:27:41 2006
• THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!! - happysurgeman, Tue Sep 19 13:12:28 2006
• RE: Would somebody please close the door! - Pfan151, Tue Sep 19 12:51:46 2006
• RE: Would somebody please close the door! - jrsnakeman, Tue Sep 19 13:14:09 2006
• ya but - vcane, Tue Sep 19 15:43:27 2006
• RE: ya but - nita, Tue Sep 19 16:08:48 2006
• RE: Would somebody please close the door! - skales7, Tue Sep 19 16:13:45 2006
• RE: You guys are funny. Another anyone? - jrsnakeman, Tue Sep 19 16:56:44 2006
• RE: You guys are funny. Another anyone? - pfan151, Tue Sep 19 18:47:33 2006
• also... - pfan151, Tue Sep 19 18:52:43 2006
• RE: Once again - jrsnakeman, Tue Sep 19 19:51:58 2006
• RE: Once again - skales7, Wed Sep 20 00:08:26 2006
• RE: Peace Offering - jrsnakeman, Wed Sep 20 05:54:30 2006
• RE: Peace Offering - toshamc, Wed Sep 20 11:58:06 2006
• RE: also... - joshhutto, Tue Sep 19 21:40:44 2006
• RE: also... - morphed, Wed Sep 20 07:32:08 2006
• RE: also... - Pfan151, Wed Sep 20 08:19:17 2006
• To cut or not to cut! - mikebell, Wed Sep 20 08:11:10 2006
• RE: To cut or not to cut! - dsreptiel, Wed Sep 20 10:47:25 2006
• RE: To cut or not to cut! - skales7, Wed Sep 20 10:57:36 2006
• Not worthy to live? - mikebell, Wed Sep 20 11:20:58 2006
• RE: To cut or not to cut! - joshhutto, Wed Sep 20 20:37:44 2006
• RE: To cut or not to cut! - mikebell, Wed Sep 20 11:03:10 2006
• RE: To cut or not to cut! - morphed, Wed Sep 20 12:28:48 2006
• Looks like he Knew what he was doing.... - xXVanXx, Wed Sep 20 12:18:19 2006
• RE: You win. I wont cut the top of eggs - jrsnakeman, Wed Sep 20 13:14:26 2006
• RE: You win. I wont cut the top of eggs - ginebig, Wed Sep 20 13:57:02 2006
• RE: You win. I wont cut the top of eggs - xXVanXx, Wed Sep 20 16:29:56 2006