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The end of the wildlife expo/reptile conference (see previous post) was a bit of a let-down for most of the people involved, but I had a few reptile things happening at home at the same time and that softened the landing.

On Saturday, in the middle of the expo, this little guy pipped, then hatched on Sunday.

He's the darkest of any of the hatchlings from either clutch, so far.

Just when I was getting used to these eggs hatching one at a time, weeks apart, I returned home from work on Monday to find these three eggs pipped.

Egg #8 was slit and resting.

Egg #9 was thinking of coming out tail-first.

Egg #10 seemed to have it figured out.

All three were pretty much unchanged this morning (Tuesday), although #8 was slit a bit more, #9 had more tail out and #10 had gone back inside. Had enough. Saw my face yesterday, went back in.

One egg left, but it hasn't even started to dent yet, so I'm not holding my breath.

Congrats, hatching eggs gave got to beat the hell out of any conference I've ever been to.

Scott
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

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Congrats DK, How did the paper towel thing, work out for you? FR

Hi FR,

There were four really dented eggs so I put the paper towel over two and left the other two on their own as a control, by way of a little experiment.

The most dented egg - the one in the photograph I posted earlier, which got much more dented after I took that shot - started to really worry me so I did a very foolish thing and cut it open. The hatchling inside was (and is) fine, but clearly not quite ready to hatch, as it still had a yolk sac. I decided that this was probably the case with the rest of the eggs, so I removed the remaining paper towel a little over a week ago and left them all to their own devices. The other three eggs have hatched over the past few days and yet another is pipped and will be out today.

There is one egg remaining, which is still quite full looking (no trace of a dent, yet), so it may be some time.

billy

I kept meaning to....

Congrats!

--Robert