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Two babies out of their eggs, two with probably another day or two to go - that happens sometimes. The problem this time was that the two that were out both wanted to occupy the spot right behind one of the slowpoke eggs. They're good sized babies, too - 87 and 93 grams - so they managed to tip/roll the egg out of its spot. I found it turned almost upside down...the large, exceptionally nice (IMO) vanilla cream inside was dead. It had been moving the last time I checked the incubator; so it wasn't a development issue. Fratricide. :ack2:

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Oh no :( I'm sorry that happened. And to an especially nice baby :(
 
interesting, so you are thinking the baby in the egg drowned? An aquaintance of mine did an experiment and turned ball python eggs a 1/4 turn on a weekly basis, she had no issues with the babies. all hatched healthy. this was unexpected to me, I had always heard, and its what I do, not to turn the eggs at all. I try to incubate as close to the position they were laid in as I can.
 
The baby had repositioned himself with its nose near the slit I had made in the egg. The membrane hadn't opened, but the fluid was starting to absorb. Maybe it had something to do with the late stage, but it was moving last night. I put the egg back in the upright position when I found it, and the baby had neither moved nor progressed when I was in there about 6 hrs later. (In the other egg, the membrane is ruptured, and things are progressing nicely.) That prompted me to open it up a bit more - still no movement. When I pressed against it, the baby was stiff.
 
Let me guess, they were normals. Jealous of their creamy sibling no doubt, and got rid of him/her the only way they knew how...egg tipping!

And Sam I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the biggest thing is that you don't tip them excessively when handling them or flip them upside down...sideways isn't really important, especially if you're incubating properly/consistently.
 
That sounds about right - I'd say that most of mine were in that range this year; but I had a couple of clutches with big babies. I don't habitually weigh hatchlings...it was more a curiosity because the one was so big.
Another clutch I had ranged in size from 36g-85g, the smallest being from a set of twins
 
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