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All the other snakes hatched over 24 hours ago so I thought I would offer a little assitance but I was surprised to find this.
Thanks,
Trevor

That's the oddest thing...It looks like a premature sac from a live bearing snake.

This may sound gross but did you cut it open? Is there a half-formed still born inside?? I'm terribly curious now.

Goes to show why you should never assist a hatching.....it's hard to say if it was already dead, or needed longer to 'cook'. Not all eggs hatch at the same time.
It's probably dead now, if it wasn't before.

Wow! That was harsh, Winged...You really know how to lay on the guilt! LOL!

Well he's sort of right I shold have waited at least 48hrs after the rest hatched before trying to assist, not 24.
Thanks,
Trevor

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Wasn't meant to be harsh, but that's reality....we learn from stuff like that.

Dont' disturb it any further. Those blood vessels look viable...which means the embryo is still alive. I've slit eggs that looked like this inside and they "hatched" just fine, some as late as 6 days later. Just keep the egg in a humid place (I put mine in deli cups individually, cover the slit loosely with a damp piece of paper towel and wait. If it starts to stink, you have your answer. Otherwise, give it a few days. I currently have 8 babies from various corn and milk clutches that are waiting this way. One, an anery honduran was just peeking out this morning when I checked on them, and it's egg has been slit for four days. I have two corns that have been split for 6 days, and they are still moving around inside, and the yolk keeps getting smaller. And if anyone is wondering why, some were "runts", and some belonged to a small clutch that went way past it's due date...apparently the incubation temps were not what I thought. Best of luck to you, and congrats on the other babies!

Dont' disturb it any further. Those blood vessels look viable...which means the embryo is still alive. I've slit eggs that looked like this inside and they "hatched" just fine, some as late as 6 days later. Just keep the egg in a humid place (I put mine in deli cups individually, cover the slit loosely with a damp piece of paper towel and wait. If it starts to stink, you have your answer. Otherwise, give it a few days. I currently have 8 babies from various corn and milk clutches that are waiting this way. One, an anery honduran was just peeking out this morning when I checked on them, and it's egg has been slit for four days. I have two corns that have been split for 6 days, and they are still moving around inside, and the yolk keeps getting smaller. And if anyone is wondering why, some were "runts", and some belonged to a small clutch that went way past it's due date...apparently the incubation temps were not what I thought. Best of luck to you, and congrats on the other babies!

Thanks. It's right were I left it when I took the pic. Everyone else is in the rack but the incubator is still set up.
Thanks again,
Trevor

>>Thanks. It's right were I left it when I took the pic. Everyone else is in the rack but the incubator is still set up.
>>Thanks again,
>>Trevor

There are pages on a Spotted Python that the egg split and the keeper suspended it in 100% humidity and it hatched fine.
http://www.smuggled.com/BriBar14.htm

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Sonya

Yeah, I've seen that too--but those eggs split due to excessive moisture, the author had cut a few others before and none had lived. It's not impossible it could....someone obviously has had success in getting a cut egg to "hatch", but the chances are reduced. And after all, we don't know if it is still actually alive. Be interesting to hear if it does survive.

Is that what the developing egg looks like on the inside? That's incredible! I don't have much experience with this but considering the others had hatched, I expected to see developement that's much farther along than that.

Please keep us updated...This is really interesting.

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Not sure I just found it basically floating at the top. It was not fully pigmented and still attached to the yolk sac with lots of yolk remaining. I don't think it would have been strong enough to make it even if I hadn't taken so much of the top of the shell off. I trying to convince my self of that anyway.
Trevor

>> ... It was not fully pigmented and still attached to the yolk sac with lots of yolk remaining. I don't think it would have been strong enough to make it even if I hadn't taken so much of the top of the shell off. I trying to convince my self of that anyway.

I strongly suspect that you're right about that. Don't beat yourself up about losing it, because some eggs and some babies just aren't meant to survive. Concentrate now on taking good care of all of that one's healthy siblings.

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tricia

Thanks Trica. The clutch was problamatic from the start. She laid 22 eggs and only 10 made it to the incubator. Of that 10, 7 made to the hatching point and of that 7, 5 are in the rack. I had two days were the temps got into the low 90 upstairs were the incubators were set up. I found myself moving incubators at 1am a few weeks back. I think that may have had an effect on them. I lost an egg in my second clutch for no apperant reason so, I'm suspecting the temps played a factor.
The other 5 are doing fine and two are opaque right now. All that's left now is to get them eating.
Thanks again,
Trevor

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