After the first egg has pipped, about how long does it take for all of the eggs to pip? I can't find anywhere that says. Am I looking at waiting for a week for all the eggs to pip and come out or should they have come out within 24 hours of the first one pipping? I don't want to slit the eggs if I don't have to but when should I think about it?

I just figured all three eggs would pip within a day of each other. Makes sense to avoid being vulnerable and eatable. Do we know how long the mom snake would stay coiled around the eggs when they start to pip?

The first baby is still sitting in its egg. Last night it was sleeping with its tail hanging out

~jenny
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1.2 normal ball pythons (Cindy, Darwin, and Periscope)
0.2 rescue chinese water dragons (Yoni and Linga)
0.0.1 Mountain Horned Lizard
1.0 rex rat (Scurvy)
1.0 gerbil (Yerbul)
0.1 mice (Cute Girl Mousy)
0.1 bunny (Spazz)
1.1 betta fishes (Vicious and Killer)
2.2 great danes (Shasta, Odysseus, Merlot, and Watson)
1.0 fat fuzzy mutt (Smokey)
1.1 cats (Thidwick and Turtle)
3.0 horses (Buddy, Sam, and Scout)
1.0 goat (Billy Jack)
0.0.1 chupacabra (it ate our chickens)

jenny.thegreenes.org

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• Pipping question - j3nnay, Thu Feb 8 10:11:58 2007
• RE: Pipping question - JP, Thu Feb 8 10:18:51 2007
• RE: Pipping question - j3nnay, Thu Feb 8 10:30:11 2007
• RE: Pipping question - JP, Thu Feb 8 10:48:27 2007
• RE: Pipping question - j3nnay, Thu Feb 8 11:07:45 2007
• RE: Pipping question - JP, Thu Feb 8 11:13:59 2007
• RE: Pipping question - j3nnay, Thu Feb 8 11:20:51 2007
• RE: Pipping question - toshamc, Thu Feb 8 13:58:43 2007
• RE: Pipping question - j3nnay, Thu Feb 8 14:34:45 2007
• how much does he weigh? - JP, Thu Feb 8 15:24:05 2007
• RE: how much does he weigh? - j3nnay, Thu Feb 8 17:33:56 2007
• RE:congratulations - Claudeballs, Thu Feb 8 19:55:01 2007
• RE:congratulations - j3nnay, Thu Feb 8 20:07:56 2007