New Ball Python, trouble breathing...about to shed

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go to my local and trustworthy exotic pet store to inquire. I told him the situation. He told me that a respitory (sp?) infection wasn't suprising at all. And he suggested boosting the heat temps, lowering the humidity and drying out the respitory problem. But then he said since your snake is about to shed you may run into a shedding problem. So now what? He didn't really tell me to go one way or the other with this so I'm coming to you guys with open arms asking for opinions. What would you do?

Thank you for your time,
troy

If you're worried about RI take him to a Vet. The guy at the local exotic pet store is not a Vet.

It is not uncommon for snakes to emit noises while breathing prior to a shed.

I'd get him properly checked out before you screw around with any husbandry settings.