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I’m sorry the pic are bad they were born today and I didn’t wanna touch them or scare em
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The photos aren’t that great, so it might be worth asking again in a few days when you’ve got some better ones. But from the second photo, he looks to be a harlequin 99% pinstripe, het empty back.
As for his health, he honestly doesn’t look too great in the last photo, but some of them are very tired when they’ve just gotten out of the egg, and start perking up after a while
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Congratulations on the first of the season! Hope the little guy is just resting and will be normally up and about soon. It’s going to moooonnnths before I’ll have new corn snake babies hatching, so I’m vicariously enjoying those who have babies of other species.
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Thank The Lord above!!! 
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I’d give the little one a day or two just to rest. Just as a heads up the food its not really necessary right now because their egg yolk will sustain them for a minimum of 5 days, unless this little one didn’t absorb their yolk (you’d see the yolk detached in the egg or still attached to them through the umbilical cord if they didn’t fully absorb)
Keep their enclosure humid (~75-80%), mist them frequently. Make sure they have a shallow thing of water to drink from and keep a close eye on them. They exhaust themselves getting out of the egg so its common to see them a little sluggish for a short period after hatching.
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He’s a pretty little thing! I hope he makes it!
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Update: when I checked on him he was on his back I was only gone for like two minutes and he won’t bring himself back up so that’s a bit scary and he dosent really respond to touch much right now.
Edit- he’s responding to touch now thankfully he scared me a ton
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Try as much as you can to interact with the little one only when absolutely necessary. Them flipping upside down and being unable to correct themselves even as hatchlings is not normal.
How long and at what temps did the little one incubate? Does the little one have a clutchmate? They usually hatch in pairs, given that the Dam usually lays 2 eggs.
What is the temp and humidity in the hatchlings enclosure?
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Humidity is about 60-80 normally, temp is 69-75 degrees and they incubated at about 68-72 degrees (we don’t have an incubator rn and they were accident babies)
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Harlequin 99% pinstripe empty back.
As said give him a few days and to shed, he also looks very flat, so keep an eye.
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Oh that doesn’t sound too great, flipping over is usually a bad sign unfortunately, i hope he pulls through ):
I would keep it humid, but not too humid. If the humidity is constantly too high, it might make it even harder for him to shed. Since he isn’t moving much, he could end up laying on a moist surface for an extended period, which also is not great. I would also personally keep him a bit warmer, maybe around 75-78, not above 80 though just to be safe. Based on studies, if given the chance, they like to thermoregulate between 75-82f, and heat makes them more active, as it helps their body function correctly. So keeping an already weak baby at low temperatures could make it worse.
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That’s an encouraging sight! Go, little one, you can do it!
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Yay for healthy babies! Congratulations!
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