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Dracowoman2
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 Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject: Million Dollar question :) |
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Who slits their eggs and who doesn't and at what point do you do it? 
And another question on the same general line, what temperature do you incubate at?
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rachel132002
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I incubated mine at 88/89 and only cut last time when 2 had hatched but the 3rd was dimpled but showed no signs of hatching 24hrs after the 2nd one then i just made a small window in it and let the snake take it from there which it did a day later on its own.
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Thanks for that Rachel, sounds like you had one that wanted to sleep in When I finally get some eggs I was going to aim for 88f, but it depends on how good a job I do with the incubator. I know Tracey Barker @ VPI slits her eggs after the first one starts to hatch.
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i would be too worried about sliting the snake inside the egg  |
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Dracowoman2
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Having seen it done now I think I have a gentle enough touch and a steady enough hand to do it, I think probing and popping worried me more
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Last year temps were 82f to 98f  this created the big problem of not being able to calculate when I could of slit any eggs....so I didn't.
Overall I did have quite a few Dead in Shell but I can't expect any different with those sort of fluctuating temps 
This year I've not decided yet. I think I'll go along the lines of if there's a 2 day gap between natural slitting and clutch mates not slitting then I will 'help out'.
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saw this on youtube - just looks a bit unsafe to me... especially pulling them out of the egg... incase they got hurt...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AcFo1cmNRes
i know that I'm just going to let my eggs hatch naturally
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I had this worry last year and posed the question,
The best answer that I got (in my opinion) was they have managed for thousands of years on their own BUT i did help them a little bit to be on the safe side, I think I enlarged a couple of slits they made, also I moved gently a couple of the top eggs so that the ones underneath didn't slit into the ones above.
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| Dracowoman2 wrote: | | Having seen it done now I think I have a gentle enough touch and a steady enough hand to do it, I think probing and popping worried me more |
I've yet to meet a woman with a "gentle enough touch" but then again, I'm not sure I want to
I incubate at 89 and would also look at a slit or open after the first one has popped the egg itself. If your unsure get a small pair of nail scissors and a pair of tweezers. The egg will be dimpled so pull a loose part right up with the tweezers and put a tiny nick in it with the scissors, large enough to get them in. Then just slit without cutting, just keep the scissors just open and if they are sharp run them along keeping the dimpled part elevated and away from the baby. Or do the same thing but use a up turned scalpel. More eggs this am for me, yay
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Dracowoman2
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Thanks for all the answers everyone, it's interesting to see everyones own personal opinions and practices, and again proves that different things work for different people.
Scott I know you had extra complications last year as well, with someone accidentally turning off the incubator Good luck with your clutches so far and those to come as well
Congrats on the eggs Paul! You expecting anything really nice out of them or is it a secret?  I'm still hopeful of getting some at this point 
What are the globally accepted incubation temps, I believe them to be 88f to 90f, but has anyone noticed any kind of sex ratio difference between incubating at 88f to incubating at 90f?
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