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Posted by: Carmichael at Fri Jul 8 09:18:50 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Carmichael ] I agree with Dean....there can be such a large variance between the first egg hatching and the last egg and manually pipping eggs before they are ready can have detrimental effects on the still developing neonate. Assuming that your conditions are just right, including humidity levels, it usually isn't necessary. But, in some cases, though rare, I have enlarged the slit when I felt that the neonate was having a difficult time getting out; this goes against all of my good judgement but I'm guilty as charged. Personally, in order to ensure a vital and healthy captive population of couperi, I oftentimes wonder what a disservice we do when allowing all hatchlings to hatch through manual pipping when some of these babies perhaps should never have survived in this first place. Just stuff that I think about from time to time. [ Hide Replies ]
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