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Will a snake actually come out of this?

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BoidKeeper

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Here it is. This is one of the last two.
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Thanks,
Trevor
 
Yes, I'm affraid so. Everyone else had hatched roughly 24 hours before so I thought I would help by pipping the egg. When I did I noticed all the white so I thought that there was nothing in the egg so I cut the top off to get a better look. Well that's when I saw the snake through the mass and some blood vesels. So I'm wondering if it still stands a chance. Was it ever going to hatch and just needed more time or was in never going to hatch.
Lesson learned, wait 48hrs before trying to assist.
Thanks,
Trevor
 
Don't pip eggs before 1 week

All that stuff about all eggs should hatch in 36 hours and u should help them to pip if they haven't come out within 24-48 hours. All cluth of eggs can take several days to hatch. About one week after the first egg has hatched u can start worry. U can cut a tiny slit on the top of the eggs that haven't hatched then (like a hatchling would do)and see if it comes out efter a while but do not cut more than the baby would do. The baby has to make it out himself to make it, if it doessent its not a strong specimen.
My eggs are hatching to now and i have read about that u should help them to hatch if they doesent come out 24-48 hours after the first one but i talked to a good friend of mine that have had more than 20 years of experience and he told me that it could take up to a week. I hope the other one's are okay.

Good Luck!
 
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Mine have never taken more than a few days...

to the best of my memory, if one or two haven't slit after all of the others have completely emerged, then I never did see a baby slit and come out on its own. I always open those just for my own curiousity. Usually I find a half formed or deformed baby that has some kind of problem and never would hatch. Occasionally I find a live or dead perfect baby that just wasn't able to get out of the egg (maybe he didn't have an egg-tooth - I don't know why). In those cases, I have sometimes had a live baby hatch after I slit it. If it is a healthy baby that is just a few days behind the others, a small slit should allow it to stay in the egg until it is ready to come out. So my policy has been to make a small slit at the top of the last egg (or two) after all of the other babies have completely hatched out.

Please keep in mind that this has been my experience with cornsnakes - other species might hatched out a different rates.
 
Thanks Kathy. I'm afraid in this case I let my impatience’s get the best of me. I should have known better too considering I have read the Corn Snake Manual cover to cover, loved it by the way. I've got one more clutch to hatch this year and I'll be sure to give them all the time they need.
Thanks again for the Reply,
Trevor
 
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