Thanks Judy I've really been considering taking him to a vet. And I wasn't really gonna use my Exacto knife.. just giving an example of the precision invovled. Only reason I thought the towel method wouldn't work is because it appears to be more for the body shed as it requires you to let the snake squeeze through it. I'd most likely have to rub his eye with the towel which would stress him out, as I don't think he'd willingly squeeze his head through the towel (dont think any bp would do that).

But yea, I'm afraid the mites may have caused an infection, so I am going to call around an find a good herp vet in my area. Thanks for the help