Ok well I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is is I think the mites are gone, havent seen any on Smoke in the last 3 days. I'm not even sure they were mites, as they weren't really on the snake when i found them, more or less just devouring his feces.

The bad news is that I think he may have an RI. I've been reading alot about the symptoms and although he has some, he doesn't have others. If he does have an RI however hes had it since I bought and its not from my smoking so don't bombard me with hate please lol. When I first got him I noticed that whenever I held him he would yawn frequently, maybe like once every 5-7 minutes. (I read that this was normal whenever they were exploring so I didn't think anything of it.) However I also just recently started hearing a "popping" or "clicking" sound. Heres the weird thing, he only yawns and "pop"s when i'm holding him, if I put him in his cage and watch him he rarely ever yawns, and no popping can be heard. He doesn't rest his head on things like the glass or tree limbs I have in his viv, and he also doesn't have any mucous coming out of his mouth or nose, and when he yawns I look in his mouth and see no mucous in there either. He has a great appetite and will have the mouse dead and completely consumed within 5 minutes whenever I feed him (which is once a week). I read that causes of RI can be caused by too low temps or too low/high humidity, I don't think this was the cause however since my humidity is at a constant 55-60%, temps at hot side being 88-91, and cool side 80-84.

I would take him to a vet, but I live in bum :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: West Virginia and we don't have any herp vets anywhere remotely close to us. What should I do?