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I'm concerned over a clutch of eggs (first time for me) One baby emerged Wednesday night(2 days ago), and was obviously not healthy - he was very thin - was dead when we checked on him!
I had 2 more eggs begin to hatch (is it pipping?) last night around 9:00 pm. It's 5:00 the next morning and the babies are out just a bit more and laying there... I'm trying to google, but not finding answers.
I cut open 2 questionable eggs that had not formed. My kids are getting pretty discouraged, as am I.
We were hoping to sell the babies from both clutches as a homeschool fundraiser for extra science classes...
It's about 78 degrees in their box.

With an incubating temp of 78, they will take a while. Sometimes it takes a week for a whole clutch of eggs to pip and hatch. Do not poke or prod the eggs as it will stress and kill the babies. They will pip, soak up the rest of the yolk and will come out when they are ready. I usually incubate at 83 degrees and sometimes it takes 24-48 hours for a hatchling to fully emerge. Leave them alone and they will come out. If you keep checking every few minutes or every few hours, it will just take them longer..
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Thank you. It's my first time being a "mama" for snakes. I have 2 cute pink heads poking out. I have not slept much since Wednesday, wondering if we would have any survivors. Seems they will hatch in spite of our unintentional ignorance.

>>Thank you. It's my first time being a "mama" for snakes. I have 2 cute pink heads poking out. I have not slept much since Wednesday, wondering if we would have any survivors. Seems they will hatch in spite of our unintentional ignorance.

as Kin said, let them leave the egg on their own schedule. If they have piped then it could take anywhere from 10 minutes to 48 hours for them to leave the egg. Try not to stress them and give them a little time.......good luck
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....with all that was said!

disturbing them just keeps forcing them to retreat back into their eggs, not to mention the fact that they sit there with only there heads poking out resting and absorbing yolk for a good reason.

After all, they've been doing this un-changed for MILLIONS of years..LOL!

~Doug
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