Egg day 78 open or not?

[alley cat]

Her is the link to what happened to mine

http://shelledwarriors.co.uk/forum/s...ad.php?t=69158

[burnt toast]

Originally Posted by alley cat

Her is the link to what happened to mine

http://shelledwarriors.co.uk/forum/s...ad.php?t=69158

Thanks alley, I completely missed that post, can only think I was away. How are the other late hatchers from that clutch doing?

[burnt toast]

Just tested heartbeat & its high 70's which is normal so going to leave it... for now!

[tortydat]

I think you're right to leave it Lynn as it will probably die with shock if you open it. It may well have a large egg sac or just be very small. In these situations it is very difficult to get it right.

Mary

[becciwales]

Good luck xx

[burnt toast]

Well after 80 days still nothing. I tested it & heartbeat had fallen to 46, so I decided to open the egg. Inside was a tiny baby who looks perfect curled around a large yolk sac. I carefully peeled the shell & white membrane away which took ages - sods law I opened the egg at its bum end & thought it was more important to have his head out. He is alive but not very responsive. I would like to give him a drink but he is in a kind of clear bubble gum type bubble - with veins running through it & I thought if I broke this it might rupture his sac? Ive put him in a steralised pop top in Vaseline back in incubator on damp paper towel. Not looking good. but I am now glad I broke the egg as theres no way he could of himself.

[emma_mcraf]

Sounds as if you did the right thing Lynn. Keeping everything crossed for you that this little one makes it. At least it stands a chance now, however small. In the egg it doesn't sound as if it stood a chance at all. x

[alley cat]

I wouldn't worry about the drink as it will be absorbing everything from the egg sac that it needs at the moment, the jelly stuff will have more or less gone by this evening I expect. Mine had a large egg sac so I assumed it actually needed longer in the egg than I had allowed it I don't have a machine like yours to give any clues as to what is happening inside the egg though. Good luck, I will keep my fingers crossed for you.

[burnt toast]

Originally Posted by alley cat

I wouldn't worry about the drink as it will be absorbing everything from the egg sac that it needs at the moment, the jelly stuff will have more or less gone by this evening I expect. Mine had a large egg sac so I assumed it actually needed longer in the egg than I had allowed it I don't have a machine like yours to give any clues as to what is happening inside the egg though. Good luck, I will keep my fingers crossed for you.

You were right Alley. I opened the egg before bed last night. Opened incubator this morning expecting the worst & he was quite alert. The bubble type membrane has gone & the yolk sac seems to have receeded a little exposing his arms/legs- he now looks like a tort sitting on a space hopper as aposed to one squashed into an orange mass.

Not going to attempt to soak him ( have added more water around the top)
or spray him, for fear of bacteria

[alley cat]

After mine had been in the incubator for 2 or 3 days I offered it a drink via a blunt end syringe but it ran down it's chin onto the sac so I would be very hesitant about offering any.