I have a clutch of eggs pipping now, but two died full-term and a third started dying about a week ago. I opened the egg and it looks like a fully formed Ball Python. This is from a poss het albino clutch and I need to see if my colorless dead baby was an albino.
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Jay A. Martin
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At what stage does the color come in?
jmartin104
Sep 17, 2008 12:19 PM
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toshamc
Sep 17, 2008 12:32 PM
Jay - When candling I usually see pigment coming in around day 30 but if there is a problem during incubation I would assume that it's possible that would/could delay the emergence of pigment. What color are the eyes?
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Tosha
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jmartin104
Sep 17, 2008 12:51 PM
>>Jay - When candling I usually see pigment coming in around day 30 but if there is a problem during incubation I would assume that it's possible that would/could delay the emergence of pigment. What color are the eyes?
Not sure. I'll let the rest finish hatching and take a look.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles
pfan151
Sep 17, 2008 03:12 PM
I think you should see the color at around day 35. That's when I can start telling which are albino's when candeling at least. The only problem you might have is that it can take a while for the egg to start looking visibly bad after the embryo has died.
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John Vandegrift
jmartin104
Sep 17, 2008 03:20 PM
>>The only problem you might have is that it can take a while for the egg to start looking visibly bad after the embryo has died.
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I think you are right. 2 weeks before hatching the egg started going bad. I figured the animal was nearly full-term. While not full-term, I'd estimate it was close to being full-term.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles
caseywagner
Sep 17, 2008 04:13 PM
I know becuase the clutch Im hatching as we speak, I cut at 27 days. I did this to watch the developement of the embrio. They had slight black pigment when cut. Hope this helps. And anyone commenting on my little experiment neg, keep it to yourself.
Casey
jasballs
Sep 17, 2008 05:58 PM
I cut just about every egg at day 30. the color never really starts coming in until day 46-56. Hope that helps..
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Caseywagner
Sep 17, 2008 06:16 PM
Jas, I read a post somewhere you wrote saying you cut at day 30. So I decided to try and cut at 27 and see if they would go full term plus watch their development. And to see if its BS how everybody says cutting early killed so and so babies.
Casey
Ps... They all came out today just fine.
