I don't want to give anybody incorrect info, but for about 50 years, I have been putting hatchlings in damp sphagnum moss in a container within the incubator, where they hatched. If they seem damp enough, I make sure that the egg shell is removed from around their faces, and put them in the moss, while they are still in the egg shell. If they look too dry to shed the shell, I spray them and after a little while, I remove the rest of the shell, and put them in the container with the damp sphagnum. Once they absorb the yolk sac, I remove them from the incubator. I never had had a problem with them eating the sphagnum. If anyone has had a problem with it, please reply.I say let it hatch. Put it in a separate container, free of incubation medium, not even a damp paper towel, and keep it in the warm, moist incubator. They've been known, and I've seen it myself, to eat the medium. Even damp paper towels. That said, you want the yolk to absorb as easily as possible without drying out.