I posted this question a little while ago and was asked by several people to keep them updated so here goes. I've got opinions from both sides of the fence. This was my first clutch and I really didn't wanna screw this up. My intentions were to let them pip on their own, but when they hit day 60/61 with no pipping I began to get nervous particularly because one of the eggs looked completely collapsed. More than just what appeared to me to be dimpling. Would they have eventually pipped on their own, probably, but I decided to cut them. And the result, 4 apparently healthy babies. All seem to be doing fine, 2 of them are already heading into their first shed. They are all normals, nothing special, only to us. Thanks to Heat and David K. for the advice. In the future I'll still try and let them pip on their own but if those nerves start to set in again, who knows.

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• To cut, or not to cut - update - 4ktung, Sun Aug 24 21:26:18 2008
• RE: To cut, or not to cut - update - littleleeper23, Mon Aug 25 06:47:04 2008
• RE: To cut, or not to cut - update - dumje, Mon Aug 25 10:26:37 2008
• RE: To cut, or not to cut - update - PHLdyPayne, Mon Aug 25 13:47:15 2008
• CONGRATS!!!! - ExecutiveReptiles, Mon Aug 25 22:15:41 2008