I do not know how this happens. Any ideas or comments?
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anyone hatch out a baby like this???????
dangerdan
Aug 28, 2003 02:15 PM
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Jeff Schofield
Aug 28, 2003 04:00 PM
I have had plenty of dead snakes in eggs that looked like that. It looks either premature,kinked(maybe through high incubator temps)or both. You can cut the skin away to see if the snakes motility will be restored but it will likely die of the resulting infection. Best bet would be to euthenize the animal.Sorry,Jeff
gila7150
Aug 28, 2003 10:28 PM
I've had dead in egg hatchlings that look like that but I've never had one hatch. Did it get out of the egg on it's own or did you cut it out?
Unfortunately, I agree that euthanasia would be the right thing to do in this case,
Chris
dangerdan
Aug 28, 2003 10:47 PM
I really hate to kill such a beautiful animal, but what is the best method? I did cut it out of the egg. It came out on its own a third of the way.
Dan
Ken_Kaniff
Aug 29, 2003 08:46 AM
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Odyssey
Aug 31, 2003 12:21 AM
I assume that you want a serious answer to your question about euthanasia (unlike the idiotic reply from "Ken_Kaniff"
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For all herptiles: the gentlest method is to place it (in a container of some kind) in the refrigerator for about 2 hours, then in the freezer overnight or longer.
Not a fun thing to do, but sometimes necessary.
