Well I finally did it. After a long wait I finally got a good clutch of eggs.

My female woma dropped 13 eggs. 3 eggs went bad during the course of incubation (I'm probably to blame), but I am happy to say 6 of the remaining 10 have hatched and look healthy (with the exception of one that has a bad right eye).

Thanks for everyone's help.



Well the estimated hatch date is supposed to be this Friday the 14th. So I was on vacation (again) and I got a frantic call from the neighbor who was watching my tortoises and hedgehog. She called and said "the snakes are hatching".

So here is the timeline:



Monday 7/10: 1 hatched, 2 pipping, 7 good eggs left

Tuesday 7/11: 3 hatched, 1 pipping, 6 good eggs left

Wednesday 7/12: 5 hatched, 1 pipping, 4 good eggs left



So now I've got 4 eggs. They started hatching on Monday but my calculated due date was not until Friday (boy did I screw that one up).



When is it time for a manual pipp?

Has anyone done this and what are the results?

What is the safe range of hatch time in Woma's from first to last egg?



I'd be comfortable in doing this procedure if it is necessary since I do have a medical background.



Thanks for any help.
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0.1 Rubber Boa

1.1 Womas

1.0 African Hedgehog

1.0 Sulcata

1.1 Leopard tortoises

0.1 Pembroke Welsh Corgi

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• Manual Pipping, when to do it. Any tips? - rudedogsurfrat, Wed Jul 12 18:55:20 2006
• Pictures of the un-pipped eggs - rudedogsurfrat, Thu Jul 13 17:58:17 2006
• on a lighter note, 6 baby woma's !!!!! - rudedogsurfrat, Thu Jul 13 17:59:56 2006
• 3 more baby woma's!!!! - rudedogsurfrat, Thu Jul 13 18:01:05 2006
• RE: 3 more baby woma's!!!! - bhmorrill, Wed Jul 19 15:40:47 2006
• RE: 3 more baby woma's!!!! - rudedogsurfrat, Thu Jul 20 00:05:53 2006