Bath time babies

[emma_mcraf]

Originally Posted by Jan W

I am in intrigued. What is opening the shell?
Jan

Eggshell, Jan. Sorry, that was probably confusing. Did you think I was referring to Pickle's shell?
Little Pickle needed a helping hand hatching and Suze trusted her instincts and probably saved little Pickle's life.

[Suze65]

Originally Posted by Jan W

I am in intrigued. What is opening the shell?
Jan

As Emma has said, I decided to help her out of her egg, she was late and I could see something wasn't right as the inner membrane wasn't pulling away properly. It's not something you really want to do lightly, but after a lot of thought and discussion I had to make a decision , so I decided to get her out, it was very scary, but in the end it was the right decision, because she was vacuumed packed in the very sticky gloop ! Unfortunately she was sitting on a very larg yoke sac ( not ideal) which I had to keep her on and very still for a few more days 😰 that was last July. I know it's not what everyone would do, but that was my decision.

[CherryBrandy]

Originally Posted by emma_mcraf

Eggshell, Jan. Sorry, that was probably confusing. Did you think I was referring to Pickle's shell?
Little Pickle needed a helping hand hatching and Suze trusted her instincts and probably saved little Pickle's life.

We were all holding our breath ! Pickle has a special place at SW !

good photos in showing differences, i'm not sure it would be obvious, especially when new to TK which is why knowing about dehydration and humidity is so important. I remember the days when all I had was the Tortoise Trust Newsletter to wait for and learn from. Thank goodness for SW and all its contributors and views. CB

[Jan W]

Originally Posted by emma_mcraf

Eggshell, Jan. Sorry, that was probably confusing. Did you think I was referring to Pickle's shell?
Little Pickle needed a helping hand hatching and Suze trusted her instincts and probably saved little Pickle's life.

Silly me! Long tiring day at work and I was thinking Pickle's shell...... Of course in the cold light of day I realise what on earth was I thinking. I had thought there must have been some sort of surgical procedure.

It was a brave decision and obviously the right one for dear Pickle.

We have chickens and only once did I see an egg with a small broken piece of the egg shell, so left well alone. The hole was far too small and I had to be firm with myself.

This is useful for me to prepare myself if my 3 incubating eggs are fertilized and what may happen.