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I bought 5 eggs from someone local to me because they had to sell off what they had due to the apt management forcing her to. Long story short I got the eggs at about day 30 and they looked perfect. (These were my first eggs)
At day 50 I was curious so I cut one egg and found a very health baby snake inside. The hole I made was super tiny and I did not poke my finger in it or anything. The other 4 eggs I left alone. Last night I came home and one of those 4 eggs had pipped (day 58) so I cut the remaining three eggs. Within hours the snakes started poking their heads out and yawning and flicking their tongues and all looked well. This morning I check on them and 4 of the 5 snakes were mostly out of their eggs and dead. Their umbilical cords were knotted up badly, two around the body, one around the head, one just in a tight knot, and the snakes were limp and lifeless. The only hatchling that is still alive is the one I cut early, that one seems to be doing just fine with no tangling of the cord at all. What the heck are the odds of this happening? And what can I do to prevent it in the future? The really sad part is all of the babies (woma X normal) were woma. :(

Any input is good input, thanks.
 
Wow, I'm really sorry Ryan :( What bad luck! I don't have any advice for you unfortunately, but better luck next time!
 
Well that sucks there is nothing you can do about it. I tried to untangle one of them to see if I could save it somehow but it was near impossible to get it untied without breaking it so I just left it be. I guess it was just not meant to be. I hope this last one comes out of the egg alive and well.
 
when i cut my eggs i do not make a slice i open up a good size window so i can see the whole baby but that is after they pip if you see the cord rapped around neck and can not get it off i personally would cut the cord, IMO
 
Abby said:
Wow, I'm really sorry Ryan :( What bad luck! I don't have any advice for you unfortunately, but better luck next time!
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:iagree: sorry you got the short end :(

Id cut a big hole in the egg, and pull there head up and out. In the funblings to find there head, you'll be able to see all of the snake & UBC.
 
Sucks to hear the results Ryan. Awesome that they were all woma though. That is what I was hoping for when I threw the woma in there. He was the last male to see her and it was only 1 lock. I had that woma male for 2 weeks and he visited 3 females during that time.

Did you buy anything else from my wife when she sold off the collection?
 
Turbo Serpent said:
Sucks to hear the results Ryan. Awesome that they were all woma though. That is what I was hoping for when I threw the woma in there. He was the last male to see her and it was only 1 lock. I had that woma male for 2 weeks and he visited 3 females during that time.

Did you buy anything else from my wife when she sold off the collection?
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The ratio was actually 1 normal 4 woma. The last one to hatch was hard to see but it came out aok. Now I am just waiting for it to shed and eat!
I got the het VPI axanthic pair and some rats. The female het just shed but seems to be thinning out a little bit. She is still refusing food as well.
 
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