Those are healthy lengths for 3 month old burmese, sure, but I seriously doubt these were hatched in December or January. More likely they were hatched before August of last year as most hatchlings hatch between April and August of any given year. Most in June and July. At least in the northern hemisphere.



The sore on the female's head may be from her nosing on her old cage. Many breeders, including myself, house their numerous babies in plastic sweater boxes to save on cage space. Some individual pythons just don't like the smaller boxes and will nose incessantly. Those that nose must be upgraded to larger cages until they cease their nosing otherwise they can do serious damage to themselves. If this is the case it will usually heal.



As to the dry, cracked skin, that sounds much more serious. If the skin is thin enough to crack and bleed it *could* be a case of nutrition deficiency. Is the snake overly thin and somewhat weak?



In addition to this it sounds like their humidity levels may be too low. If the male is not weak and emaciated then it could just be an issue with low humidity. If you use cypress mulch as a substrate then you can mist this daily to create a nice, high humidity that these tropical species require. If you don't have a device to measure your humidity Walmart has digital hygrometer/thermometer gizmos that measure humidity and temperatures for only 6 dollars. They are in the garden section with the digital thermometers. Shoot for humidity levels between 70 and 80%.



Post pictures of your guys. It's a lot easier to assess the situation when you can see the animals in question.
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