This morning I took Cookie out because he was exploring around. He's been doing that a lot lately. Knocking things around in his tank and spilling some of his water.

I had recently switched from aspen bedding to paper towels in part of the little bugs. So his humidity has skyrocketed to the point where a humidifier is not necessary. (50%-60% humidity when covered.) I've had to cover the heat vent because it got in the 80's in the room itself at night, and each time it got uncomfortably hot for me, Cookie would start exploring a lot and would try and push the top open. When it's 70, he will explore around still. It's not until it's 65-69 that he calms down and goes into his warm-cool hides. That was before I had replaced the cool hide.

I had gotten him a temporary cool-side hide, because the one he used to use he is big enough to knock over... I have not seen him use it at all. So next chance I get I'll be visiting the pet store again.

Today I found him exploring around, as I mentioned, so I took him out to let him explore a larger environment while his mouse (its feeding day) thawed and warmed. After a couple minutes in the living room, I started hearing that clicking noise again.

It happens on and off. I'd taken him to a vet before and mentioned that to them, but I got the generic answer of "well it could be a list of reasons, let me know if he does anything else."

There is no wheezing. No excessive salivating, except when he was shedding and having difficulty getting it off his nose. I had to assist shed him, and he was rubbing his nose against my finger when I got him out. I got a little bit of snake drool on me from that. But that's all. He doesn't star gaze. Takes large mice very well. Amazing food response. His skin is whitish pink looking under the scales, and his scales are still as Cookie-looking as before. I looked at his mouth as he ate the mouse, and it's pink. Doesn't seem pale around the gums, doesn't look irritated. No swelling. Nothing but a clicking noise. Which is happening now even when he grabbed the mouse.

I'd imagine that it's possible that he was salivating due to it being feeding day, and that when he had the mouse, he was clicking because of the saliva. No excessive drool seemed to drip from him. Nor have I seen mucus of any kind...

I can't take him to the vet for a while. My fiancé and I just purchased an apartment (move in day this Saturday! I'm excited) and money has been tight since I got fired (still.) I have a new job, but it will be a while before I catch up on all my bills and stuff with the car and my maxed credit card.

Does anyone else have a clicker? Most of the time the clicking is due to an RI, but Cookie has been clicking on and off since day one, and no other signs have been present.

If it is an RI, what other things should I look out for, other than what I already mentioned? I'm trying to look up videos of seriously ill snakes, and not finding many good ones to compare to. (The one that comes up a lot is the seizure on the road snake...)


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