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OH Hades.
I just answered your message and then saw this.
Sometimes they will hatch premature...the internal bleeding you saw may have just been the amnion that didn't disconnect all the way; it's attached to the yolk sac and is the equivalent of an umbilical cord. Sometimes when you get a preemie like that, it's hard to tell where the abdomen ends and the yolk sac begins.
I can say that I had this happen before...and I also had it happen to me within the last two days...I had hatched out my first full bold stripe from stripe-y parents carrying bold genes. It got out of its egg with the biggest yolk I ever saw attached. I kept it in the incubator from Wednesday until this morning, when it saw fit to escape the cup it was in. Since it seemed to be breathing okay, I moved it to the rack this morning. I rushed home this afternoon to check on it, I was planning to try to feed it by hand for extra energy...and as I pulled it out, I saw it was gasping. A few minutes later it died in my hands. I had had hopes for it because it was a good solid 3g. Oh, well.
Sometimes when they pip too early, their lungs aren't completely developed, or there's another invisible internal issue that causes instant death...it's very disappointing. And I can only imagine how much more disappointing it can be on your first egg. =(
The only other comfort I can try to offer, is: if it can't make it out of the egg, it may not have been strong enough to thrive and you may only be delaying the inevitable unpleasantry.
I'm sorry you lost your first hatchling...so very, very much.
Another possibility that I can imagine may have happened to yours - since you said its nose was still "egg-covered" - was that the chorionic sac (the "caul" for lack of a better word) got stuck and it suffocated on the way out.
Hang in there for the second one, and give it time, it can take a few more days, or even a week - especially if the clutchmate was a preemie.
I just answered your message and then saw this.
Sometimes they will hatch premature...the internal bleeding you saw may have just been the amnion that didn't disconnect all the way; it's attached to the yolk sac and is the equivalent of an umbilical cord. Sometimes when you get a preemie like that, it's hard to tell where the abdomen ends and the yolk sac begins.
I can say that I had this happen before...and I also had it happen to me within the last two days...I had hatched out my first full bold stripe from stripe-y parents carrying bold genes. It got out of its egg with the biggest yolk I ever saw attached. I kept it in the incubator from Wednesday until this morning, when it saw fit to escape the cup it was in. Since it seemed to be breathing okay, I moved it to the rack this morning. I rushed home this afternoon to check on it, I was planning to try to feed it by hand for extra energy...and as I pulled it out, I saw it was gasping. A few minutes later it died in my hands. I had had hopes for it because it was a good solid 3g. Oh, well.
Sometimes when they pip too early, their lungs aren't completely developed, or there's another invisible internal issue that causes instant death...it's very disappointing. And I can only imagine how much more disappointing it can be on your first egg. =(
The only other comfort I can try to offer, is: if it can't make it out of the egg, it may not have been strong enough to thrive and you may only be delaying the inevitable unpleasantry.
I'm sorry you lost your first hatchling...so very, very much.
Another possibility that I can imagine may have happened to yours - since you said its nose was still "egg-covered" - was that the chorionic sac (the "caul" for lack of a better word) got stuck and it suffocated on the way out.
Hang in there for the second one, and give it time, it can take a few more days, or even a week - especially if the clutchmate was a preemie.
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