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Hey. Finally 3 eggs are htaching! I've waited so long for this moment. Just one question for those of u who had experience with this: Should I help the babies get out? They are struggling already for 2-3 days to get out. One is upsidedown I think inside the egg, should I turn him over? Attached is a recent picture of the situation
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i would only do that as a last resort if the hatchlings doesnt come out anytime soon, but dont rush them. In some cases, the hatchlings have yet fully developed lungs. Or, maybe it'l just come out when the yolk sack is almost gone, who knows?
just keep them in a warm temperature. And sunlight helps too (i got a great reaction when my babies just hatched with sunlight)
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My "babies" :
1.0.0 Indo BTS (Tiliqua gigas gigas)
0.0.1 Rainbow skinks (Mabuya multifasciata)
0.0.3 RES (Trachemys scripta elegans)
0.0.4 Amboina box turtles (Cuora amboinensis)
1.0.0 Chinese softshell (Trionyx sinensis)
1.0.0 Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys dentata)
1.0.0 Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
And still growing...

it's been 4 days since one hatchling tried to come out and didn't, so today I finally helped them out. One has been out since yesterday and it went very smoothly with him. But the other two got me a bit worried. In one case there was no mucos inside the part of the egg that he was in so the egg got stuck to him pretty hard. His yolk sac was almost gone completely. I thought one of his hind legs looked numb from the pressure of the eg but he seems OK now. The other one looks worse... He is smaller than the other two, hasn't opened his eyes yet, and his yolk sac is pretty big. He moves once in a while but not too much... I took him out of the egg shell as well, he wasn't as dried up as the other mentioned. I'm worried about the last one. Should I keep the three still in the incubation box with high humidity? I put a UV light, and it's on for most of the day. What else should I do to keep them warm?

give them water. The first thing wild RES do after hatching is head to the safety of the water. Give them enough water so they can fully submerge.
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should I put them in water even if they have their yolk sac hanging out? wouldn't it be hard for them to swim or walk that way? I spary them with water, and they are in a box with high humidity and UVB

I would say put them near water, let them go in on their own.
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For mine, i only dare put them near water, when their yolk sac is already very-very small. Before that, i usually put some damp tissues/paper towels as substrate. Just keep humidity quite high, and warmth as well. After a while, i start adding more and more water to the tissue (kinda like a swamp effect), until i am quite confident that they may go submerged. And, the tissues are also used by the turts as a hidding place (they may actually burrow underneath it), of course you would want to put more than one layer. And dont forget to change the tissues every day.
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My "babies" :
1.0.0 Indo BTS (Tiliqua gigas gigas)
0.0.1 Rainbow skinks (Mabuya multifasciata)
0.0.3 RES (Trachemys scripta elegans)
0.0.4 Amboina box turtles (Cuora amboinensis)
1.0.0 Chinese softshell (Trionyx sinensis)
1.0.0 Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys dentata)
1.0.0 Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
And still growing...

thanks 4 the reply. What you described is exactly how I work with them. They are so cute. But they are so afarid of me, what can I do to make them feel secure when I walk by?