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rainbowsrus
at Thu May 21 23:06:24 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rainbowsrus ]
A lot depends on how full term they are. Full term with no yolk at all left is fine to pull them. With yolk still showing is best to let them absorb. And to be 100% clear, by yolk I mean the whiteish opaque blob, not the clear yellow stuff.
A little anatomy....
Coming out of the snake is an umbilical cord to the yolk. Has larger blood vessels between the two. Out of the yolk are a series of smaller vessels going to the outer membrane. You can see those smaller blood vessels in this pic...
In a full term baby all that's left of the yolk is a small nodule.
When necessary to help a baby that is on the move, I will seperate the smaller vessels and sack from the nodule leaving the umbilical and nodule intact. This lessens the blood loss that can come from tearing the umbilical before it's ready.
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Thanks,
Dave Colling
www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com
0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)
LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders 
lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats  
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RE: aww - rainbowsrus, Thu May 21 23:06:24 2009