Re: In Regards to Terry's persians hathcing...

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Posted by Walt Deptula on July 12, 2001 at 14:16:58:

In Reply to: In Regards to Terry's persians hathcing... posted by Dave Powell on July 12, 2001 at 00:48:25:

: First I want to say CONGRATULATIONS to Terry for successfully hatching out e. persica,they must be neat!Unfortuntely the same thing happened to me with my mandarin rat hatching,,waited too long to slice open a mandarin rat egg that looked like it was going bad...I hatched out 5 healthy neonates[e. mandarina] out of x 7 eggs,x2 eggs,one that was dried up moldy-looking[cut that one open to find a undeveloped embryo,inside dried up yolk],the other I waited almost two days,2 days too late,a fully developed mandarin stillborn in the egg with the head facing towards the top of the egg,I guess the dried up appearence of the eggshell hardened the egg enough so the neonate couldn't cut through,no deformity noted.I would for now on slice all eggs when the 1st few eggs are pipped around 44+ days,for peace of mind,any agreement or disagreements to this.Dave

Hi Dave,

Congratulations on your success. Read the thread below regarding the slitting of eggs as I suspect you will find it to be interesting.

There is one other element that I did not address in those prior postings, the element of natural organic decay in the wild. Eggs deposited in any natural organic substance (dirt, woodchip piles, etc.) in the wild are subject to a certain degree of natural decay which I feel certain has an impact on the composite nature of the egg shell, making extrication far easier to the wild neonate.

This is yet another reason why "weakness" seems extremely problematic as a captive interpretation.

Walt Deptula

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: : : First I want to say CONGRATULATIONS to Terry for successfully hatching out e. persica,they must be neat!Unfortuntely the same thing happened to me with my mandarin rat hatching,,waited too long to slice open a mandarin rat egg that looked like it was going bad...I hatched out 5 healthy neonates[e. mandarina] out of x 7 eggs,x2 eggs,one that was dried up moldy-looking[cut that one open to find a undeveloped embryo,inside dried up yolk],the other I waited almost two days,2 days too late,a fully developed mandarin stillborn in the egg with the head facing towards the top of the egg,I guess the dried up appearence of the eggshell hardened the egg enough so the neonate couldn't cut through,no deformity noted.I would for now on slice all eggs when the 1st few eggs are pipped around 44+ days,for peace of mind,any agreement or disagreements to this.Dave : Hi Dave, : Congratulations on your success. Read the thread below regarding the slitting of eggs as I suspect you will find it to be interesting. : There is one other element that I did not address in those prior postings, the element of natural organic decay in the wild. Eggs deposited in any natural organic substance (dirt, woodchip piles, etc.) in the wild are subject to a certain degree of natural decay which I feel certain has an impact on the composite nature of the egg shell, making extrication far easier to the wild neonate. : This is yet another reason why "weakness" seems extremely problematic as a captive interpretation. : Walt Deptula

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