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As of yesterday,this egg had not pipped when all others had.My wife was afraid that it could not get out of the egg.So to satisfy her curiosity,I touched the egg with a sharp knife blade.Wow,fluid shot nearly three feet into the air! I could not beleive how much pressure was built up.I pryed it apart far enough to see the baby and poked it with my tweezers.It responded with movement.Now this A.M. it is starting to emerge.
These babys are all 12-14 inches long and should take fuzzie sized meals when they are ready.

I had 4 like that this year.They all hatched out fine.4 out of 10 in the same container.Thought it was a little strange.
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Happy to hear that so far it's all good! Please post pics of the baby when it does fully emerge. I'd love to see what comes out of an egg that looks like that.

rgds,
althea

>>As of yesterday,this egg had not pipped when all others had.My wife was afraid that it could not get out of the egg.So to satisfy her curiosity,I touched the egg with a sharp knife blade.Wow,fluid shot nearly three feet into the air! I could not beleive how much pressure was built up.I pryed it apart far enough to see the baby and poked it with my tweezers.It responded with movement.Now this A.M. it is starting to emerge.
>>These babys are all 12-14 inches long and should take fuzzie sized meals when they are ready.
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Seems like the egg had absorbed too much water. What do you think was the case? I had the opposite problem this year. The medium got too dry just before hatching, when I wasn't at home, and a few died in the egg. thanks...TC

I'm not sure what caused this to happen.My incubator has been running and set at 82 degrees for the last 4 months.Out of all the clutches I had in it,this was the only egg to do this.The baby came out just fine and is among the largest of the clutch.Here is a pic of the entire clutch.

>>I'm not sure what caused this to happen.My incubator has been running and set at 82 degrees for the last 4 months.Out of all the clutches I had in it,this was the only egg to do this.The baby came out just fine and is among the largest of the clutch.Here is a pic of the entire clutch.
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Are they incubating in perlite? That's a good looking clutch. The only thing I can think of is that the medium is a little shallow and the eggs may be a little close to the water, in case you're looking for an answer to the split egg. Just a guess on my part as to something I'd look at. Actually, I use a combination of vermiculite and perlite as medium and have never used pure perlite before. Unfortunately, while I was gone for 2 + weeks, my eggs were getting ready to hatch. I should have added some water before I left, to insure against the humidity plummeting. A few of the eggs couldn't manage the low humidity, but if it would have stayed above 50%, I think I would have gotten 100% hatch. Good luck with your babies.

TC