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OKay everybody today is day 50...
could i cut the eggs open??? or should i let
the snakes come out on their own?

At what day will i start to see see them wanting
to come out and see the world??

I've been pulling my hair out waiting
and i can't wait anymore.. i don't drink but all
this waiting is gonna force me to drink...

thanks for reading... just needed to vent a
little

Just wait until day 60 - they'll come when they are ready - much worst to cut them and watch them sitting in their egg for a week. LOL - I know easier said than done - my problem was waiting between the first one out and the last one out (3 days). The had part is almost over the hair will grow back.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

7.33.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.2 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

np
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COLD BLOOD.........WARM HEART

I agree with you about everything except sometimes the hair doesn't grow back...lol

np

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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

>>OKay everybody today is day 50...
>>could i cut the eggs open??? or should i let
>>the snakes come out on their own?

I say, wait! I RARELY ever slit eggs. Why? My personal expeience shows that babies I let hatch and come out all on their own are simply stronger feeders overall. I just wait until they slit the eggs, open the slit a bit more with sharp scissors to ensure no problems getting out and move the egg to a shoe box a day or two later. They have their first shed about 7 to 10 days later and generally ALL feed on the first try without fail. I have a clutch of 11 normals that recently hatched, they shed and ALL fed within 15 minutes of a live hopper mouse being introduced. I prefer to wait.

Matt
p.s. - I will admit I slit my het x het albino eggs this season at day 61 JUST to see if there was a yellow and white baby inside an egg... and there was... just ONE! D'oh! But, the slit was maybe 4 mm in the shape of a "V". Just enough to see with a flashlight shining on it. All the snakes had to open eggs on their own including the albino.
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