Upside down pipping?

[marisa]

Does this happen alot? Today I went to check on the couple left who had pipped last night but hadn't left the egg...one egg looked all dented up and all squished in so I figured it was one of the ones already out so I picked it up to throw it out and I see another hole underneath the egg and a little head?

Do they often pip underneath into the substrate????

Marisa

[Jeff_Favelle]

Happens alot with me. Only with colubrids though. Corns and Cal Kings (back in the day) and now with the Hondos. Usually one in every clutch.

[Simon]

Doesn't really happen that much with me...
or maybe I usually miss their piping a lot....so thats why I don't see them piping from underneath...
but from the eggs, most of them are the right side up...

[gonesnakee]

Sometimes the ones in the bottom of the cluster seem to pip through the sides or bottom part of the egg. Seems that most that do do so because they are adhered to other eggs & can't pip up because there is another egg in the way to do so. As long as the little suckers all come out anyway huh LOL Mark
P.S. It could also have been knocked over by the other hatchlings squirmings too if it was a "loose" egg

[marisa]

All the eggs were loose ones and each has its own little groove in the substrate. He pipped yesterday up top but I guess overnight he decided digging down might be a safer option :)

Glad to know its normal, and he is out and about now just like the rest. :)

Marisa