1. Regular ball python
2. 88-90 warm side, 77-80 cool side during the day (heat lamp)
2. 80 or so warm side, no lower than 73 cool side at night (UTH)
3. Humidy, usually right around 50, sometimes closer to 40, sometimes as high as 80
(spray bottle to adjust as needed) (higher during shed, UTH only during shed)
4. 40 gallon breeder with 2 hide spots, one on the warm, one on the cool
5. Water dish, changed usually every other day
6. Sticks and fake plants for decoration and comfort
7. Reptibark fir bark chips as substrate
8. Snake is a regular BP, hatched according to local breeder in July 2011
9. Current diet is 'rat pups' about once a week. Sometimes 6 days, other times 8, depending on the weekend
10. Most recent shed - 1-18-2012
11. Most recent meal 1-26-2012

First symptom (maybe). Very faint nose whistle heard last night. We had to mute the TV and hold our own breaths to get a good clear sound of it. I first heard it when the snake began exploring around my ear. Not so much a wheeze as a whistle. No gurgling in lungs, no noticable increase in mucus, no irregular behavior, no extra yawning, or breathing with mouth open, etc.

Second symptom (maybe). Today, after feeding, I watched for the snake to yawn. I pretty much always try and get a look because it seems like a good way to get a peek into the mouth. Instead of the normal pinkish hue, there was darker pink. Not totally red though, but just darker pink. There was the regular pink too, just some parts seemed a bit darker.

I know to look for puss, cheese, swelling, redness, and blood for mouth rot.

I know to look for snot, bubbles, wheezing, gurgling, excessive yawning, draping over branches, and open mouth breathing for URI.

So am I totally freaking out for no reason?
What are the very early signs of either?

No matter what I'm going to keep close tabs on her.

Thanks!