Hatched Neonate with Umbilical Cord attached to egg

[Zen Reptiles]

Here's one for ya. I've heard of neonates laying INSIDE the egg for a while to absorb the yolk.

This one decided he wanted to be king of the brood and hatched first. There are 9 other eggs slit, several have been slit for a full day now. This guy both slit and hatched this morning.

I'm just leaving him in the incubator so he has a nice warm humid place to absorb what he can, as I think it would dry out and cause problems if I moved him.

Has anyone else had this happen? He's moving around, full functional, dragging his egg behind him.

Nosy Be hatchling with umbilical cord and yolk attached:

 

[giaindell]

i do not know how to help butt goodluck and thats scary keep posting on his progress please

 

[Seeco]

This is fine. Just leave him in there until it detaches. The darker it is the less he will crawl around.

 

[wetone]

I would let him be, nature will take its course, it should absorb it. I work with sharks and other fish that will consume it then egin to feed. Almost looks like it hurts but ya please keep us posted.

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Do not try to remove the yolk! He will absorb it over the next few days, it's normal. Just keep him in a very humid environment (don't lift the lid to check on him often) because if it dries out it can cause a lot of problems. Just leave him be and he'll be okay.

 

[Leroux2008]

as freaky as the umbilical cord looks its cute seeing him out and about. New life always brings joy.

 

[Zen Reptiles]

He's the only one who hatched out like that, and he absorbed the yolk you see in the picture within 12 hours.

What was left was a little 'outtie' which came off within another 12 hours.

Out of 16 that hatched so far, several have had the 'outtie' and they have all fallen off within 4-12 hours. They are kinda gross, sitting on the bottom of the quarantine cage which is nice a humid so they don't dry out. Yuck.

This is my second clutch to hatch ever, all within 3 weeks! It's interesting to see how the head shape and neonatal coloring is different between Nosy Be and Nosy Mitsio. The Nosy Be have a much narrower face, and are a lot darker colored, almost black.