Candled egg ?'s

[JDouglas]

My IJCP eggs have been incubating for a month now. I started with five but one died in the first week. WOW did it smell!:mad:

The other four seem to be doing well and I candled them all tongiht. All look like this...
http://www.showcase.netins.net/web/reptiles/stuff/26.JPG

Someone in my herp society told me you can see the baby python move inside a candled egg later in development. I thought I did see some movement or maybe I'm just crazy? Is this possible?

[Stockwell]

Nice photo, and yes you can see them move later in developement, however don't overdue the candling.
All that super intense light might be stressful on the fetus. I often wonder if it's injurious to their eyes.. I have no evidence to suggest that, but best to keep candling to a minimum in the later stages. when hatching is near,the fetus generally fills most of the egg, and it's not uncommon to see nothing through the shell

[Simon]

I agree with Roy. I would try and keep the candling as minimal as possible. In fact I dont even like the idea of candling too much...why bother it right? Cause in the wild they are not in any way disturbed like that anyways. So I only check on them to see they are still doing good or not and remove all the bad ones. Other than that I just leave them there until the day it is suppose to hatch then I start looking.....

But anyway great looking photo and I think that photo gives us a lot of education!!

Great eggs and hope to see the hatchling photos soon!

[Dom]

congrats man .. Can't wait to see some babies!