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My first egg from my mexican milks has started hatching. It has put it's head and neck out and is not eager to leave the eggg. What is a normal? When should you worry?

no need to worry at all.It sometimes takes 3 or 4 days for them to leave.usually once they all have pipped and one decideds to leave then they will all leave soon after.Usually that is.

L8r

yep, no worries. this year it took some of my corns 2-3 days before they're out all the way.

Congratulations! Nothing to worry about. They come out when they're ready. You might want to move them to an enclosure to prevent escapes. I would put the whole container in there. Derek

I totally freaked out when I looked inside my incubator tonight and the milk had left the egg and was nowere to be found. I stirred around in the container and looked around the outside of the egg container to see if it had burrowed into the pearlite. Finally after stressing out for about 20 min. my son suggested that it must be in the vermiculite. I took the remaining eggs out and dug more and found it. What a relief as this the my first ever eggs and hatch. Cool!!

Be careful not to tip or roll the eggs over. The snakes can drown.

Two out five to go. Happiness is!

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