How Eggs SMELL When hatching

Thought I would see if anyone else had opinions on the smells of snakes hatching!

To me snake eggs smell minty when incubating, and then they smell like green peppers when pipping.

The smell while incubating probably has alot to do with the medium used...I use sphagnum moss so it's smell over-powers any smell the eggs might have.

While pipping, there is another, stronger smell, but I never really tried to compare it to anything else. To me, it's the smell of pipping eggs. The next time I cook or cut up green peppers, I'll try to compare it to the egg smell.

Since I use vermiculite which doesn't seem to have any sort of distinct smell, I tend to think it is the eggs smelling.

I can smell my vermiculite. LOL! I pick up and "earthy-soil" smell from it.

...off to go smell my eggs again. LOL!

Ok...my eggs from a sunglow motley pairing are hatching. I have 3 out and two more pipped. And, it's definitely like green bell peppers. The smell is weak but it's there, and I can smell it on the snakes when I first pick them up.

Old thread that was drug up from the past, but boy, what a funny one!!!

Green Peppers? Im going to have to try and remember this when i finally have eggs hatching...

This is a funny thread. I can't say that I've ever smelled eggs on purpose.

Originally Posted by Mooing Tricycle

Old thread that was drug up from the past, but boy, what a funny one!!!

Green Peppers? Im going to have to try and remember this when i finally have eggs hatching...

I've always thought that pre-hatch and pipping corn eggs smell like green peppers.

I'll just say that they stink.

What's it mean when they taste like copper and make your left arm kind of tingly?