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Hello everybody:
I am new in this burm thing and I need to know when they breed and what temps to keep them at.Also the female is 12' give or take a foot and the male labirinth is about 7-8' give or take a foot they are housed together as of right now but I have another cage that I need to put some glass doors on it and then I will seperate them.the female is albino when I breed them together how many eggs will she have and what will the babies be?

First the cage should have a variance of temps with the hot side in the high 80's and the cooler side in the lower 80's. You can (should) provide a basking spot in the low 90's. Both of your snakes probably are breedable. They are over the minimum size requirements as outlined in everything I have ever read. As far as how many eggs will be hatched that depends on a lot of factors. Her age, her weight, whether this is her first clutch or not. If she is young and this is her first clutch then she will more than likely have a smaller clutch. I would guess that she will lay somewhere around 24 eggs but she could lay fewer or many more. The smallest clutch I have heard of was around 12 and the largest I have heard of was over 70 but I would lean more towards 24 or so. The babies will all be normal burms double het for albino and labyrinth(that is assuming that the labyrinth is not an albino labyrinth). You really should put a rush on getting the other cage fnished and seperate them. Come this fall when it is time to breed them you will have better luck if they have been seperated then if they are always housed together. Hope this helps, todd