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BOVER
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 Cutting the eggs

i was jus wundering whether any of you guys have ever cut the very top of your eggs a few days before they hatch? i have seen so many people do it with tics and other pythons, and it seems to work!!!
aparantly the benifit from it is that there is more of a chance of them surviving e.g- if a fertile egg is about to hatch but it cannot break through the shell! that and unfertile eggs are the main problem with eggs not hatching!?! heres a link to some leucistic nd ivory retics being cut open,
http://www.you-tube.com/watch?v=AcFo1cmNRes (take out the slash)
what are your views on this? i just wanted to know before i start breeding my tics and bps
cheers
BOVER
08/16/08  10:50pm

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Rabernet
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   Message To: BOVER   In reference to Message Id: 1833406


 Cutting the eggs

I cut all three of my clutches on Day 52. However, I was also shown first hand how to do it. I had 100% hatch rate this year.



08/16/08  11:00pm

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BOVER
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   Message To: Rabernet   In reference to Message Id: 1833424


 Cutting the eggs

thanks rabernet, i knew it was true lol also you have to be very carefull, only cutting the very top, am i right?
cheers
BOVER
08/17/08  12:01am

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LoftLizard
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   Message To: BOVER   In reference to Message Id: 1833481


 Cutting the eggs

I cut my first clutch on day 52, but am holding off till the first one pips to cut the second clutch (9 eggs).

It is actually pretty easy. The eggs are so dimpled at that point that it is easy to get some shell without veins. The coolest part is seeing the veins running over the top of the yolk.

I lost one of 6 eggs, but this wee snake had her umbilicus wrapped, and would have expired in the egg had I not intervened.

Bruce
08/17/08  02:08am


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