first hatchling of the season

[robin]

my first egg was laid about two months ago. it was starting to get HUGE but too huge. on one side it had a transparent look and when russ and i candled it we saw a smallish black blob and LARGE yellow area. so i made the decision to cut the egg.

i slit the egg at first a quick burst of liquid but then green i figured the baby was dead. so i began to open the egg. there was a HUGE amount of yolk and then i come across a fully formed snow baby! i thought for sure it had drowned because of the massive amounts of fluid and yolk stuff in the egg. i began to remove the egg matter around the baby and i gently uncurled him and he started to move. he was alive!

right now he is in a container kept warm. he is breathing and moving but not walking yet. he still has some yolk attached.


he is weak but i do think he will be fine. i also believe if he had been left in the egg he would have died.
i was inspecting the egg after i put him away and it looks as though the huge excess of yolk and stuff was most probably a twin that did not develop. i have a couple of videos i will post in the video section. these were taken right after i got the last of the membrane off him.

i will keep you guys updated on him/her

 

[Roaming Reptiles]

Outstanding job Robin! Hope he does well!

 

[Tony C]

That's crazy, good luck with him.

 

[Kristi23]

I hope he makes it!

 

[StopperExotics]

OH wow Robin! I hope he does well! WHat a little fighter indeed!

 

[roger]

AWSOME !!!!

 

[KelliH]

Congrats Robin!

 

[SoLongOldBean]

He's so gorgeous, and I'm going to make you name him Radica.

By the by, I accidentally put my hand in the goo you left on the kitchen table. Cheers.

 

[robin]

He's so gorgeous, and I'm going to make you name him Radica.

By the by, I accidentally put my hand in the goo you left on the kitchen table. Cheers.

my hands were in the goo too

 

[robin]

thanks everyone. i think he will make it

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

Thats awesome robin, Congrats

 

[StatikStepz]

Awesome! Congrats! Good idea there with opening the egg... prolly saved its life! It was saying "HELLLLLLLP MEEEEEE!!!!" lmao

The best of luck with him/her!

 

[robin]

yeah he wouldn't have been able to make it out of the egg. the huge mass of yolk and stuff was on top of him. i showed kelli photos last night and both her and steve believe the mass was indeed the beginnings of another embryo that never formed and that this baby would have died if i had not slit the egg. lil bugger is a fighter for sure

 

[Bellalee]

Way to welcome you back to leopard gecko breeding right??

So lucky! I hope the little one is ok.

 

[robin]

i think he will be fine

 

[naz_ruless]

where can i see the vid

 

[robin]

that was a while back and i deleted the file