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i have a clutch of 5 normalxspider eggs that are at day 56. only one has piped and come fully out..SPIDER!! my question is should i cut the rest of the eggs??? i want everyone's opinion because i know there all gonna be different.

i would there is a point where they can drown in the egg i personally do not let them go past 55 days. but that is my preference and every one is different.

Is your hatch rate 100% when doing that? What do u use to cut them?

I cut when the first one pips or day 55, whichever comes first.
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On day 50 I put a very small hole in each egg. On Day 57 the first one pipped. I then cut the eggs as pictured below. Everything hatched perfectly. I used a pair of cosmetic scissors I bought at Target. They worked fine. Make sure you sterilize them before use.

Regards,
Bill

Day 50 cuts for pipping.

Day 57 cuts above.
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2.1 Tripple Het Caramel, Orange Ghost, Genetic Stripe
1.0 Honeybee
1.1 Het Lavenders
1.1 Het Caramel Albino
0.1 Het Albino
0.1 Spider Het Albino
0.1 Het Pied
1,1 Pastel Het for Orange Ghost
1.0 Albino
0.1 Spinner
1.1 Super Pastel
0.1 Jungle Pastel
1.0 Pied 50 percent White
0.1 Clown
0.3 Normal
1.1 Kids (9) and (16)
0.1 Spouse (22 Years Married)
1.0 Chocolate Lab

I just want to offer my congratulations! I just had my first eggs ever laid, so I am not qualified to give an opinion on cutting. Let's see photos when they're out!
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Cheers,
Jessica Gibbs
Ball Pythons; Corn Snakes; Green Tree Python; Jungle Carpet Python; Bci; Bcl; Bco
3.0 Crazy Dogs and 2.0 cats
Some Tropical Fish
...........and growing!
LEARNING PREVENTS IGNORANCE OF THAT WHICH SURROUNDS YOU...AS LONG AS THE SOURCE FROM WHICH YOU LEARN IS A VALID ONE.

Wait?? Ive got 3 spiders and 2 normals. Not bad if u ask me.

>>Wait?? Ive got 3 spiders and 2 normals. Not bad if u ask me.

Congrats!...now you wait.lol
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Charles Glaspie
picasaweb.google.com/coldthumb

one seems to be interested in coming out the others don't even have there head untucked from there bodies

>>one seems to be interested in coming out the others don't even have there head untucked from there bodies

They will all be out and about at roughly 4:50am...lol
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Charles Glaspie
picasaweb.google.com/coldthumb

awesome. i leave for work then. i wish everyone would be just a little more specific lol

are poking out. i cut the eggs over a day ago and no one has decided to come out. keep waiting???

If they are poking their heads out then they are breathing and should be safe from drounding. Now they need to absorbe their yoke. They will come out when they are ready. Just leave them alone and don't scare them so they "hide" in their eggs.
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1 BP
4 Cal Kings 3 alb 1 het
3 Alb Corn
1 Rev Alb Nelsons

Sit back and resist the urge to poke them every 15 minutes.
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I always put a slit in the rest of the eggs from a clutch after the first one pips. You know when the first one starts out that the rest of them should be done cooking too and its just my way of helping them out a little. Good luck on the rest of your Clutch. Jay
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JEM from sunny AZ.

3.25 Normals
3.10 Pastels
1.0 Super Pastels(Thanks Dan Wolf for the best looking Super male I have ever seen)
2.7 Normal Spiders
1.1 Spiders 100% het Ghost(thanks Mark Petros)
0.2 Spiders 66% het Ghost(Thanks Steve Beamer)
1.3 Orange/Butterscotch Ghosts(BallPython777 Mark Petros)
0.6 100% het Orange Ghosts
0.3 66% het Orange Ghosts(should prove this year)
0.1 Pastel Ghost
1.0 Citrus Ghost(courtesy of Josh Hutto)
0.1 Super Pastel 100% het Ghost
2.3 Albinos
1.1 Caramel Albinos
0.1 100% het Caramel Albino
0.4 100% het for Albino
0.5 66% het for Albino(should prove this year)
0.7 Yellow Bellies
1.0 Pastel Yellow Belly
1.2 Ivories
1.2 100% het for Clowns(Mark Petros)
1.6 Cinnamons(Thanks Stan Ruppel)
1.0 Pied
1.4 100% het for Pied(Josh Hutto and Paul the Pied Peddler)
0.5 66% het for Pied(should prove out next year with my visual male Pied)
1.5 Mojaves
0.1 Pastave het Ghost
1.1 Beautiful Black Pastels(thanks Gulf Coast Reptiles)
1.2 BumbleBees(thanks for the AWESOME Bees Marc Bailey)
1.1 Pewters(Myself and Scott Priester of Brookside Reptiles)
0.1 Chocolates(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.3 Lessers(Josh Hutto)
3.2 Fire's(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.2 High White Calico's(Thanks Brent from BRB)
1.1 SpotNoses(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.1 Enchi's (Me and Josh Hutto, Thanks again Josh)
1.0 Pinstripe
0.1 Pinstripe 100% het for Ghost
0.1 Lemon Blast
1.0 Vanilla Ghost(Thanks again GCR for all the great snakes)
0.1 Super Vanilla Ghost(Awesome Chris and Shelia from GCR)
0.1 Vanilla Yellow Belly
0.1 Vanilla(Another one from Josh Hutto,I must have all your snakes now...lol.) Thanks my friend, Jay
1.1 Stillwater Hypo Bull snakes(Brad Chambers)
0.0.1 Great looking Brown and Tan Desert Bull Snake)
0.0.1 Vietnamese Blue Beauty
1.1 Argentinian Black and White Tegus
1.0 Gotti Pitbull
2.0 Beautiful Bengals
14 Tarantulas
Last but most Important 2.2 Children