The Eggs are Hatching! Pictures!

[Catherine]

I have brought the egg box home and I will try for pictures. It looks like there are six eggs. This is Pete and Sam's clutch. Pete is a pretty female, but she is small and never lays too many eggs. There were eleven, but some of her eggs failed.

One has hatched and I have seen him and he is dark coloured. He has been out for a few hours now so he is bold enough to crawl around in the box.

Three eggs have slits and the babies are air breathing. Just the tip of the nose peaks out then disappears. They will be out soon.

Two eggs have no sign of hatching, but look healthy, so we cut a fine slit in the side and there is definitely a baby in each egg.

The odd time we need to open an egg like that. It has to be done very carefully, so I just watched. Sometimes everything is fine and the baby is slow or is having trouble getting the egg open. Maybe the egg has a slightly thicker shell.
Sometimes there is a reason why the egg doesn't hatch on its own and it would never have hatched because something is wrong with the baby. I am always hopeful since Daniel my big healthy pine snake was cut from her egg and she is four years old now and a mom.

I will keep you posted. If my shy babies let me, I will get pictures.