Yolk Sack

[Jamiehelm]

Hi my name is Jamie Helm, I am Kyle Renz's girlfriend. I have a question about the hatchlings yolk sacks. Both of the little ones that have hatched have had the yolk sacks still in tact. Is it normal for them to have it stay attached for a little while or did they maybe hatch to early?

 

[Lancecham]

Sometimes this happens.
They should be fine. Since the egg sack is still intact, the babies will still get nutrients from it. It will start to dry up in a day and eventually fall off. Let it fall off on its own.

 

[Jamiehelm]

Thank you for getting back to me so quick. Yeah i was just curious. It looks so uncomfortable when he/she tries to walk.

 

[Cainschams]

Sometimes this happens.
They should be fine. Since the egg sack is still intact, the babies will still get nutrients from it. It will start to dry up in a day and eventually fall off. Let it fall off on its own.

I agree dont pull it off. In my experience which isnt the most but, it seems the ones that just "fly out of the egg" usually have them still attached and the ones that like to sit in the egg for a while usually come out with out them attached. Nothing wrong with it.

 

[Jamiehelm]

Well our first baby hatched on Sunday and his sack stayed attached until monday, he/she still hasn't ate any of the fruit flies or pinheads from what we have seen. Is that maybe because the sack was attached for so long?

 

[Lancecham]

Keep the fruit flies and pinheads ready. Once they use up the nutrients from the egg sack, they will start to eat. This can take a few days.

 

[Jamiehelm]

Perfect thank you so much!

 

[Nicodemayo]

The babys that hatch with their yolk sack still attached I normally leave in the container for a day and a half or so to see if they soak it up. From my experience, 75% of the time it gets completely absorbed. If it takes longer than a day and a half or so, I will toss them in a cage with the others.

-Nic

 

[Jamiehelm]

Oh okay. I already have them in the cage. There are three of them. Two still have the sack attached. Should i put them back in the container?

 

[Nicodemayo]

No its ok now. I would leave them in the cage. Reason I do this is sometimes they hatch with yolk sacs that still have plenty of yolk left. If you take them out, the sac and the yolk pretty much dry up, and turn into a sort of scab, and it falls off when the sack opening or "bellybutton" heals over. Keeping them in the deli container ensures there is no heat or lack of humidity to dry the remaining yolk sac up. They will use some of the yolk if placed right in the cage, but they wont absorb it all up, at least ive never seen it happen. I know alot of people will just toss them in a cage no matter what and they seem to be fine, but ive had dried up yolk sacs hang out on baby panthers for weeks before they fall off. Some people prefer to take them out right away, so they wont wake up any siblings that arent ready yet but I havnt had this happen yet and 9 times out of 10 the baby will curl up and sleep the yolk off, as if its still in the egg. Just my personal method.

 

[Jamiehelm]

Perfect thank you so much for you advice! Yeah they seem to be doing very well so far. Moving all around the cage and drinking lots of water. But i will definitely keep that in mind for the other 13 eggs that still haven't hatched!