In Lily's litter were two babies with surplus yolk. One tore it off before I had a chance to even look at it. Yup, bled some. The other had more yolk and was a good opportunity for pics and a little tutorial for those interested.





LI-LO-1001 male with surplus yolk....









Step 1 is to pinch the umbilical and force the yolk away from the area you're pinching.....





Next release and check to see if blood flows back into the pinched area...





Yes, in this case blood flowed back in....





Using thread or non flavored dental floss tie off the yolk. Tie it off away from the body so the string does not get pulled back in the body soon....





Once tied you can cut off the yolk on the side of the knot away from the body. Notice there was some blood spilled from the yolk but not the umbilical....



sorry but that pic does not show the string tied around the umbilical, simply the wrong angle. The strings you see are the cut off ends.



Then after a day, snip off a little more of the umbilical to remove the knotted string.





When you pinch off the umbilical if no blood flows back in you can skip the string and simply cut the umbilical. I use small scissors.
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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 (02/01/2010):

42.61 BRB

27.40 BCI

And those are only the breeders



lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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