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 #1834013


Hatchet_man_90221
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 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

I went to check on them about mid day and i noticed a little slit and some liquid coming from it and them i seen his little head pop out i havnt takin pictures yet but ill have some on here later today
08/17/08  03:36pm

 #1834132


Misce-FL
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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1834013


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

Congratulations. It’s exciting when they start pipping. We hatched 13 corns last weekend and are waiting for some more anytime now. You’ll have to get some pics!
08/17/08  06:08pm

 #1834234


L.ROY
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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1834013


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

excellent!
08/17/08  07:41pm

 #1834361


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   Message To: L.ROY   In reference to Message Id: 1834234


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

How exciting! Am looking forward to those pictures. Every day I look at my fence lizard eggs; any day now. When were the rough green snake eggs laid and what temperatures did you incubate them at?
08/17/08  09:36pm

 #1834438


Hatchet_man_90221
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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1834361


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

well going on 7 hours now and still not out of the egg yet but he keeps poking his little head out but she laid them exactly 6 weeks ago and ive kept them at 78 to about 80 i had some jumps to about 82 or 83 but god im excited to see it but why does it haft to take so long for some reason he was trying to come out upside down but hes right side up now heres a pic



08/17/08  10:52pm

 #1834456


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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1834438


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

I think why it takes awhile to emerge from the egg is the neonate has to absorb the yolk sac first. That is so cool; it would be awesome if you could videotape their birth!
08/17/08  11:05pm

 #1834504


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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1834456


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

yea hes starting to poke his head out a little farther now hes super green yea i wish i had a camera here because i think hes starting to come out now and i dont have anything to take pictures with i think the other one will be hatched by tommorow because that one swelled up huge and the other ones starting to swell but ill have pictures of them as soon as possible
08/17/08  11:41pm

 #1834625


L.ROY
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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1834504


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

seems to me i read somewhere that they relish baby hornworms(sphinx moth larvae).
08/18/08  06:05am

 #1834637


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   Message To: L.ROY   In reference to Message Id: 1834625


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

15 hours and still not completely hatched he hasnt even moved from the spot he was at last night i know its not dead cause its moving in the egg and he keeps pulling his head back inside of his egg when i move towards him
08/18/08  06:40am

 #1834642


L.ROY
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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1834637


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

i’ve had baby kings take up to 4 days to fully emerge.
08/18/08  06:47am

 #1834645


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   Message To: L.ROY   In reference to Message Id: 1834642


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

oh dont tell me that god lol oh well as long as they hatch and are healthy i dont care how long it takes
08/18/08  06:53am

 #1834647


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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1834645


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

Congratulations! I want to see pics when they’re completely hatched, too :)
08/18/08  06:55am

 #1834662


L.ROY
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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1834645


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!


next time i get eggs i’ll teach you a trick to speed up the process Hatchet-man.



08/18/08  07:52am

 #1834701


Greatballzofire
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   Message To: L.ROY   In reference to Message Id: 1834662


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

different types of snakes but same principles:
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EGGS
Like most snakes, milk snakes, following slitting of the egg shell, do not immediately emerge from the egg. Under no circumstance should you prematurely force a baby out of the egg. If it has slit the egg, let it stay in the egg for several days if it wants to. If forced out, a baby snake may rupture small blood vessels that are not ready to be separated from the egg remains, and bleed to death. If most eggs are slit (baby snakes cut the shell with their egg tooth) and a day or two later there are eggs that haven’t slit, carefully slit the high point of the egg with cuticle scissors. Cut a 1" long slit, then a 1/4" cross cut at right angles to the center of the long cut, to be sure the baby can squeeze out. You don’t want to loose a baby just because it lost an egg tooth or the shell is a little too thick.

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When the time for hatching arrives, the young reptiles make cuts in the egg shell with their egg tooth. They may not emerge from the egg immediately and in some cases remain with their head out, or emerging in and out, for several days. The snake will emerge when all or most of its egg food has been absorbed.



08/18/08  09:45am

 #1834782


L.ROY
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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1834701


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

this is what i use



08/18/08  11:23am

 #1835345


Greatballzofire
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   Message To: L.ROY   In reference to Message Id: 1834782


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

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I use surgical scissors for the small surgeries I occasionally have to do in treating wounds on my cats. They are super sharp and cut clean on the first snip. If I ever get to the point with snake husbandry that I’d be cutting eggs I’d use a pair of these. I am somewhat of a bumblefutz with delicate operations and don’t like to have to hack away at things, especially if said things are mobile!



08/18/08  06:02pm

 #1835358


Greatballzofire
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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1835345


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

I forgot to add, let Mother Nature take her time. The cutting of the egg is a last resort sort of thing. L.Roy certainly could say for sure when the right time would be to resort to such a drastic remedy. The eggs are lined with tiny veins and I’d be afraid of accidentally cutting one, and causing a bleed.
08/18/08  06:07pm

 #1835412


Hatchet_man_90221
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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1835358


 My rough green snake eggs are hatching!!!!!

well my other snake is starting to stick his head out of his egg and the other is still not completely out yet but im just going to wait i just wish they would hurry up sorry for no pictures i dont have anything to take pictures with
08/18/08  06:46pm


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