My juvenile ball python started exhibiting early signs of a respiratory infection (clicking/popping, taking occasional open-mouth breaths) about 4 days ago. Around that same time, she also started showing early signs of shedding (dull skin, opaque eyes). I posted about this before, and some responses said that maybe it is not an RI, that these breathing issues can be common as the shedding process begins, and will hopefully clear up after she sheds.

In the meantime, my exotic pet vet is unavailable this week when I happen to have the whole week free (go figure), so I read about nebulizing snakes with diluted F10SC and a ZooMed reptifogger for 20 minutes a day for 7-10 days to help, though probably not completely cure, RI.

Her average humidity is around 50 in the tank, 40 at the lowest, and I have trouble getting it up past 60 and above unless I mist the cage multiple times a day. I'm looking into other enclosure modifications to help with humidity in general, (I only have lights now, but planning to get a heat mat with thermostat and use that as my heat source instead, and covering more of the screen top of the enclosure to retain more humidity or find a plastic instead of screen cover, but I'm having difficulty finding one of those.)

Anyway, my main question I'd like answered here is this: do you think it's beneficial to my snake to nebulize her while she is both going into shed/possibly has an RI? This extra humidity, I think, can only help her, right? I know treating the possible RI is more important than a clean shed, but I'm wondering if I can kill two birds with one stone here before I'm able to take her to the vet if these signs are not gone after she sheds.

I've seen conflicting things about what to do about temps/humidity when a snake shows signs of RI. I've seen to both lower or raise, so which is it really? (BTW hot side is about 90F and cool side 80F)