• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

Too many kinks to count. Poor thing.

bekers71

bekers71

What addiction?!
This little one has been hanging 1/3 of it's body out of the egg since last night. Not backing up when I approach or coming out any further. So I figured it was time for me to intervene and help it on out the rest of the way. No wonder he couldn't get out. This poor thing has so many kinks it's folded like a pretzel. I knew there was no future in store for this little one so snipped the cord that kept it attached to the remaining yolk sac, snapped a few pics and put it out of it's misery. The father to this youngster has always given superb babies in the past and mom is a first timer. The rest of the clutch are healthy and big. There was some mold on the egg that remained during incubation so I am going to guess that had some thing to do with it.

He sure was a pretty little thing too. :(

P1180703.JPG

P1180704.JPG

P1180712.JPG

P1180718.JPG
 
Poor little guy.

How exactly do you humanely destroy a hatchling like that? Internal decapitation?
 
bekers71 said:
There was some mold on the egg that remained during incubation so I am going to guess that had some thing to do with it.
Click to expand...

Bex,
I had the same thing last year, one egg that we didn't think would hatch and sure enough one hatchling came out. But as this one it came out kinked. I agree the mold has a hand in this.
 
animalhouse said:
awww Poor thing! :( RIP Dear baby Snake!
it was a very pretty one too!
Click to expand...

Thank you

Waltz said:
Poor little guy.

How exactly do you humanely destroy a hatchling like that? Internal decapitation?
Click to expand...

With this little one, after I snipped the cord, he began to get weak. So I sat him in the fridge, not the freezer, so he could get cold and he passed pretty quickly
.
tricksterpup said:
Bex,
I had the same thing last year, one egg that we didn't think would hatch and sure enough one hatchling came out. But as this one it came out kinked. I agree the mold has a hand in this.
Click to expand...

Thanks Jim

RobbiesCornField said:
Aw... poor little bugger...
Click to expand...

Thanks Robbie
 
That's always too bad to get one like that. I had one in my very first clutch that was tied completely in a knot, there was permanent damage to the lower half of the body. It's so sad.
 
:( I'm very sorry to see that. Last year I had my first clutch ever, and the first baby who pipped never made it out of the egg. He/she died for no apparent reason while the rest hatched perfectly. I'm glad the rest of your clutch was healthy, though.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top