Piping?

[Stitch]

How would one go about piping an egg? Do you use your fingers or a tool of some sort?

I figured you would just break/cut the skin of the egg, on the top side of the egg of course.

 

[paulnj]

I only pipped one egg, but I used a box cutter(razor blade) and cut a tiny slice in the end. From there I started to tear it ever so gently.

 

[Kotsay1414]

I only pipped one egg, but I used a box cutter(razor blade) and cut a tiny slice in the end. From there I started to tear it ever so gently.

I did the same thing.

 

[robin]

cuticle scissors work best. the ones that are curved and just gently cut far away from where the baby is. make a small flap to start off with. then go from there.

 

[Stitch]

I cut it open last night and once again had a little fetus that looked to be 1-2 weeks old. It wasn't but 1 to 1 1/2 inches head to tip of tail. I took pics and will post them later. The fluid inside ranged from a cream color to a blueish greenish color. This eggs clutch mate was the one with the deformed spine called "Little Ogre".

 

[gecko breeder]

why do we pip eggs. i piped one, and a day later it was out, why do we do it, one time i did it, it was the firt time and i put the baby all the way out, im so retarted, but can someone answer me, why do we do it.

 

[Stitch]

The only time I pip them is when one egg hatch's and the other fails to do so after 4-5 days. I also look at the expected time that they are supposed to hatch and take that into consideration before piping them.

Both times that I pipped an egg the egg failed early on, but they were fertile.

Again, I will post pics soon.

 

[PaulSage]

why do we pip eggs. i piped one, and a day later it was out, why do we do it, one time i did it, it was the firt time and i put the baby all the way out, im so retarted, but can someone answer me, why do we do it.

I don't do it to try to "save" a hatchling. I figure if they're not strong enough to make it out of the egg, they're not strong enough to survive. The only time I'll pip an egg is several days after the clutchmate hatches; and I only do it to see what might have happened. Most of the time I just leave the egg in the incubator, and a week or two after the clutchmate has hatched I'll just throw it out.

 

[BalloonzForU]

I don't do it to try to "save" a hatchling. I figure if they're not strong enough to make it out of the egg, they're not strong enough to survive. The only time I'll pip an egg is several days after the clutchmate hatches; and I only do it to see what might have happened. Most of the time I just leave the egg in the incubator, and a week or two after the clutchmate has hatched I'll just throw it out.

I do the same thing, but I do cut all eggs to note if they were fertile or not for my records.