As some of you may know I have been treating my little enchi for a minor RI. He recently finished his antibiotic treatment, but it's such a pain to open his mouth to check on him. He's really strong for only being 500g. I have to check him alone so I have no one to hold his lower body. He struggles like crazy when I try to open his mouth. I can do it but it's a pain and I can't imagine having to do this with any of my larger snakes.

Are there any tricks I can use to open is mouth? What I've been doing is grabbing his head with my left hand and trying to use my arm to pin him to my body while I try to open his mouth with a Q-Tip. He struggles so much I'm afraid I'm going to hurt him.