Weird question

[Cory]

I have hatched out a ton of leos and fatties but just today on my site there is a thread about pipping snakes. It came up that most snakes have a pipping tooth.

Now, I have never noticed, and I have seen a leo hatch from first pip through to right out of the egg. I looked over some old pics from last season and could see no evidence of it...

So, my question is, do they have a pipping tooth, or do they just bull their way out of the egg??

 

[robin]

i have never seen it but they do have a pipping tooth from my understanding

 

[Cory]

i have never seen it but they do have a pipping tooth from my understanding

Ok cool.... man, you know I am going to getting the magnifying glass out with my first hatchling this season...lol

 

[robin]

well it might be gone by the time you get them. but it would be very cool to see if someone could catch it on film. heck even a hatchling snake with a pipping tooth

 

[Dee]

well it might be gone by the time you get them. but it would be very cool to see if someone could catch it on film. heck even a hatchling snake with a pipping tooth

here ya go...


http://www.saltwaterreptiles.com/testforum/index.php?topic=1025.msg11186;topicseen#msg11186

 

[robin]

aw how cute. that last photo makes the snake look like it is bucktoothed LOL

 

[BalloonzForU]

I believe they do too. When I first noticed this thread about an half hour ago I happened to look in the bator, and guess what I found!! hehehe a baby had just pipped. Now I tried to take pics of what could be the egg tooth, how ever my camara does crappy that close up. I could see it better with the naked eye. ggrrrr So I have no pics to post...

 

[LeosForLess]

i have a video o nyoutube but it isnt very close, i havent really even paid attention to it either...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_9tlkE5g_8

 

[Gregg M]

They do have a pipping tooth... It is very small and can hardly be seen... Its nothing more than a tiny clear "tooth" in the center of their top labials... It is usually gone before their first shed...

 

[robin]

greeg get a photo og one :yes: