I know you've all most likely seen a ton of "sneezing, what do I do?" threads and "It's an RI" responses so I won't bother you with another one. I've done my research and looked online for an answer, yet not one was found.
I've had my ball python female since late August and I've had no problems with her. She eats her fuzzies with no complaints, hasn't struck me or done anything weird in general. She just finished her first shed with me on Sunday, coming out in one complete piece, with no eyecap leftover problems or anything. I assume that because of this, my husbandry is fine. My cool side temps are at 78-80º and my hotside is 94-96º and she travels between both with no visible complaints. I have the Zoo Med HygroTherm and Repti Fogger hooked up to her tank so her humidity stays at 60% all day long. I turn off my daylight basking lamp after I get back from work, turn on the infared heat lamp and turn off the Repti Fogger (to simulate natural conditions, as humidity drops at night). Early in the morning, I wake up an hour early to turn on the Repti Fogger and let it run for an hour to give the tank a morning "soaking" as the day basking lamp dries out my sphagnum moss well. I've noticed today that after about 40 minutes or so of running, that my python "sneezed" lightly, but still audibly. She has done this twice or thrice before, and always after I soaked her in water for an hour during her sheds (in a bucket under a 1000 Watt heat lamp). I've noticed she went under the water a few times while she was in the bucket, but I assumed she "held" her breath.
My questions are: do ball pythons inhale water? Is running the Repti Fogger for that long bad? Has anyone had the same problem with their pythons? Should I be worried about respiratory infection if my husbandry is as stated above and if I keep running the Repti Fogger for that long? I'm just worried that if I let this go untreated, it'll turn into an RI. At the same time, I don't want to blast her with antibiotics unnecessarily.
Any advice/personal experiences are very welcome.
P.S. She doesn't have any mucus around her mouth or nostrils, no wheezing otherwise and the inside of her mouth is clean and pink with no signs of rot. She only does this when she's exposed to water.
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