Sorry to alarm you. Not my intent.Originally Posted by BOWSER11788
If you've kept them at the proper temps and humidity, I doubt there is any sickness going on. Don't panic just because my snakes had those problems, it is not rare to have a bp go off its feed. And yes, you will see mites on an albino rather easily, and for normal colored snakes, you can check under the chin in the skin flap, and in the heat pits and all around the head. And one symptom that my snakes did that had the RI, they would regularly open and adjust their jaws, a lot similar in motion to a person who is trying to "clear their ears" after swimming. And they would "stargaze," by keeping their head up like they are looking at the stars (this is to help clear the moucus from their respiratory system). I wouldn't get hyped up because my snakes had these problems.
If you have a scale that reads down to the gram, weigh the snake once a week and that'll help monitor if the animal is losing too much weight.
Just listen to what BG shared, and try to mimic the conditions the snake was in before you took ownership. Your snake should eat when its hungry.
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