I know, what I do now is wait! But I can't. This sucks! I am very happy, however to see four healthy-looking little full-term babies in the eggs. It appears I have three "normals" and one pastel!



I decided to cut this afternoon, day 57, because I need to leave for the weekend tomorrow afternoon, and I at least needed to see that the babies were in fact OK before I go. I won't be back until Sunday night. Will the babies be OK for a couple days in the incubator? They are in a no-substrate type setup with perlite under a plastic grating. The incubator remains at 100% humidity and 90 degrees, but they are in a small space, this being the only clutch in a 25 qt cooler.



I KNOW this seems as if I didn't plan ahead-- well, I didn't! My eggs were laid long before I learned I had to take this trip, and I wasn't about to go anywhere for Memorial Day before they hatched out. (I'm moving my brother out to Colorado, and I have to do it, I am the only one who can help him out. This came up very suddenly!)



Gah, if my babies die because I left them alone, I'll never forgive myself. I might have to quit pythons altogether. Taking the eggs with me would be an option, except I am flying back. No way I'm gonna ship three-day-old babies home. Grr, next time I'm clearing my calendar of everything from day 55 to day 70 if need be! That or I really need to meet some local snake people I can trust to help me out.

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