Put him on plain white paper towels last night. Checked him today and still no sign of mites even-though he has been soaking for 3 days.

I did, however, notice a popping sound which I'm assuming could be signs of an RI. He could have just had water in the way, but just to be sure, I pulled the water bowl. Going to offer it twice a day for about 30 minutes as suggested in other forums here. Once in the morning, once at night.

I also called and set up a vet appointment for this Friday. Can't be too careful. He is still in QT of course, and will obviously remain there for a while. I'm hoping it was just a little water in his airway as I haven't heard him do it before. I am expecting it to be an RI as his husbandry was nowhere near what it needed to be before.

My question now is, since I live in an apartment, my QT area is my bathroom that is 'in' my master bedroom where my other snakes are. I am keeping the door to the bathroom shut even when I am not in there, but is there anything else I need to do to make sure that it does not spread?

I know this is what the 'normal' condition for an animal off craigslist is, I was expecting a vet visit with this animal before I got him. No regrets ! I just want to make sure I do things properly to keep it from spreading to the rest of my small collection.