Hey!! This is Aphrodite ive had her for about two weeks now. Ever since I’ve handled her I noticed at times when she breathes there sort of like a popping sound not wheezing but popping. She seems to be breathing fine and is active and has already eaten twice since i got her so she has a good appetite she does not have excess mucus in her mouth or runny nose or anything like that. Does anyone know what it can be? Should i take her to the vet? Also today I saw a bug when i was handling her earlier but i dont know if it was a mite or a random tiny bug. But i started looking at her whole body trying to see if i find anything but this is all i found. I haven’t seen these marks before. Can it be mites? Scale rot? Or just dirt? There seems to be no bugs on her chin or eyes theres just a small spot on her tail near her cloaca. And near one of her nostrils but it doesn’t seem like bugs and nothing on her is moving. She is currently in a 40 gal enclosure (not permanent). The warm side is usually around 80-85F and the cool is 75-80F in the day and the whole enclosure is usually around 75F at night.
I try to keep her humidity around 70%-80% but ive been struggling to keep it up in the warm side at times it drops down to around 55% so ive been having to spray her enclosure down many times throughout the day to keep the humidity high i also covered half of the top screen to try and hold in moisture. She has
Reptibark and sphagnum moss as her substrate. Im just worried that it might be mites or scale rot. Please help. I posted a picture of her enclosure if anyone has any tips or anything i can do to improve it please let me know!
Let’s start here,
The marks from what I can see don’t seem to be anything to worry about. You could give it a soak just to see what happens.
The popping sound could be normal. Some times if you listen real close you may hear some sounds when they breath. If you do have an exotic vet close, it would not hurt to have it checked, if you are worried about it. Just to get it her their books and to see how they are, could be a life saver later on. But, it does not sound like there is a problem. Just keep an eye on it.
Now for the rest,
Temp, should be around 86 on the hot side all day. There is no reason to drop it at night. 80 is to low and 90 is to high. Around 86 seems to be the sweet spot.
Humidity, should be around 50-60% on your normal days. You can kick it up to 70 - 75% during shedding. Keeping it at 80 could cause other problems.
Feeding, if you had her for two weeks and she ate twice already this is good. Fist you should have waited for at least a week so it could settle in. But it sounds like there was no problem, so good job on it feeling comfortable that quick. Feedings should be weekly, that is how I took it you was doing. If not, try to only feed weekly.
Sometimes there’s a stuck piece of shed in a nostril that can make noises when breathing. If that’s it, it’ll work its way out with the next shed. Just keep a close eye out for other Upper Respiratory Infection (URI) symptoms.
Your temps are too low, but @d_y_python already covered that.
In the picture of the cloaca, all I see are anal spurs (normal, of course) and maybe some stuck shed on the left one. If it is stuck shed near that spur, you can gently work that free with your wet finger and a little rubbing.
With snake mites, there’s never just one. Keep an eye out for more. They’re about the size of a period and when you crush and smear them you’ll see blood (from the snake). Luckily they should be very easy to see on a BEL. This is one reason why you should always quarantine a new snake for at least 30 days and keep it on paper towels during that time. It makes seeing mites very easy. But in your case it doesn’t make sense to backtrack your enclosure to a true quarantine run, especially since your BEL is feeding well for you. You’re correct to check the perimeter of the eye and in the skin flaps of the chin. These are favorite feeding sites for mites, plus the heat pits.
The terrarium looks very nice and your BEL is a beauty.
Be sure to keep us updated. Folks here love to help. I’m especially curious if the breathing noise goes away after the next shed. And post any more pics of problem areas as needed. And get those temps up before the BEL does get a URI! Keep in mind that OVERhandling can be stressful and a stressed snake may not want to feed. I know yours is feeing well and you want to inspect it for health reasons. And we ALL enjoy handling our snakes. I’m just saying, it’s a fine line and you don’t want to create a problem.
Seems like everyone covered everything! I will add though that I think your snake is VERY beautiful!! 
What genes does she have?
A very Merry Christmas welcome to you and I’m so happy you have found us! The welcome is the only thing I have to add to everything that’s already been said! Aphrodite is a perfect name for her as she is a beauty! And so is her castle!
Keep the updates coming! And as many pictures as you want! 
What a lovely snake! She looks like my Black-Eyed Lucy, so I might be a little biased, hah!
Thank you!! I fixed the temperatures but today I definitely saw more mites. They are very tiny and red ive never had mites before but ive made sure to keep her away from all my other reptiles since i got her. But how do i get rid of them??? I read that i should soak her in dawn dish soap? And throw away all bedding and everything else? Is there a way to save the plants she has in there or should i thow those away as well?? And how do i clean her hides? 
Thank you!! I fixed the temperatures but today I definitely saw more mites. They are very tiny and red ive never had mites before but ive made sure to keep her away from all my other reptiles since i got her. But how do i get rid of them??? I read that i should soak her in dawn dish soap? And throw away all bedding and everything else? Is there a way to save the plants she has in there or should i thow those away as well?? And how do i clean her hides?
Thank you shes my first snake!!
Im not completely sure the breeder i got her from said she was a super fire
Thank you!! And merry Christmas!! 
i found more mites any tips to get rid of them?
I’ve personally never heard of red mites, but if you want to get rid of these bugs whether they’re mites or not then I recommend a deep cleaning of your enclosure. Also I don’t recommend you soak your ball python in soapy water because your snake might try to drink it and that’s no good, instead what I do is give them a normal soak but then take a rag or paper towel and put soap on it and rub my snake down with that and then rinse him under the sink (with warm water) it’s a bit of a weirder process but I’d rather do that then risk ingestion of soap.
I had a small infestation of little bugs in my bp’s enclosure (pretty sure they were dust mites or something of that sort) and this is how I got rid of them. In other words these are more detailed answers to each of these questions,
Deep clean your enclosure and everything in it. Clean everything thoroughly!!
Replace all bedding as the bugs are going to be inside it all, I don’t see a way you could save any of it sadly, but others might have ideas. You don’t have to throw away all of the decor, just disinfect it!
I don’t usually have plants in my snake’s enclosure, but recently added some potted plants in and the only thing I could suggest is that you replant the plants, if they are in pots you would have to completely repot them and replace the soil they are in which could kill the plants but the bugs are going to be in the soil and it’s the only way I know of that you could use to keep the plants. Someone else will probably have a better answer than me so take my advice with a grain of salt.
Spray it down with a disinfectant spray and then wipe it, or you can use dish soap whichever works for you! Rinse it thoroughly and then dry it if you want before you put it back in the enclosure. Basically like washing a used dish and putting it back in the cabinet 
I already answered the soaking question in my other reply to you so I won’t bother adding it into this one. Good luck!
Thank you!! I just gave her a little bath with dish soap and rinsed her off now shes soaking in water while i remove everything in her enclosure. But yeah im not sure if they are mites because from what I’ve heard mites are underneath their scales? But the ones on her were just laying right on top of her i didnt see any under any scales. if i find some more i will take a picture.
Mites can still crawl on the snake, it’s one of the signs of mites actually! I’m still a bit puzzled about the red coloration of the mites… It’s something I’ve never heard of or seen! It probably is out there though and I just haven’t heard of it yet.
Also, make sure you keep at it; you have to wipe out their entire life cycle. I used paper towels and plastic bin with under tank heat pad on thermostat. They are in the tick family iirc. There’s also something called “reptile spray” on Amazon that I used to supplement treatment. I sprayed down snake, avoiding face and rubbed it in, waited a few minutes and wiped off with a damp paper towel. Then sprayed enclosure and wiped with dry paper towel. I used that plus the dish soap (Dawn original).
Everyone has different methods, so there are plenty of choices. Just make sure you treat it; I read about snakes having died when left untreated
Use paper towels for bedding, until they are gone. As mentioned before, if you can setup a bin with heat, it will be easier to clean and you can have the original setup ready to go when it is all over.
As others, I have never heard of red mites.
Soaking her in water and wipe her down with soap would be the recommended procedure. Don’t put soap in the water for soaking. The soap just help stop the mites from getting a grip and they slid off.
Thank you! I threw everything out because i didnt want to risk anything. I soaked the hides in dawn dish soap for an hour and then used a toothbrush to scrub every crevice of the hides. Im not sure what i will do with the plants but I’ll probably keep them outside so i dont have to throw them out. I added a humid hide because shes about to shed and just in case the humidity drops since its only paper towels she has the option to go in there. I also filled the bottom of the enclosure with water and dawn dish soap and ket that sit for about an hour then rinsed it all off. Hopefully i can get rid of them soon😖
Do you know how snakes get mites? Is it something i did? The only thing i can think of is the live plants but i removed all the soil they came in and soaked them in water with a bit of dawn dish soap and then i repotted them in organic topsoil that i baked for 3 hours to kill any bugs and sterilize the soil before adding it to the enclosure. 
I dont have a bin but im going to buy one today so its easier to keep clean. Do you recommend any type of spray to kill the mites? Or just continue changing our the bedding everyday? And how often should i soak her and wipe her down with soap?