The behavior comes and goes, and yes, they will occasionally lay mouth-open for a while. I usually take advantage and have a good look inside for mucous/bubbles just to reassure myself that there is nothing going on.
Now, what I won't do is tell you to take your snake to the vet, but I would not be surprised if you get various tests done for RI, and the vet finds nothing is wrong, other than your retic is being a typical male retic.