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I have 5 snakes all together, a california king, a redtail boa, 2 jungle carpet pythons, and a dwarf retic.

Both pythons and the retic all make a squeaking sort of noise when I take them out of their cages...
They do not make it in their cages.
I have not noticed any mucus build up, and none are breathing open-mouthed.
The JCP's are eating 3 fuzzy mice a piece weekly, the retic 1 med rat and 1 fuzzy mouse a week (all F/T) and not turning down any feed...

Temperatures are the same in all the pythons cages; low 80's on the cool side, high 80's on the warm side, ~ 85º in the middle. Tried to get more of a temp gradient but it doesn't seem to want to work that way. Humidity is ~ 20%, try to keep it up spray them all 2ce daily (4x if they're shedding) and offer them a water bowl at all times.
Retic is very cage aggressive, he will strike at me through the glass randomly, but has never bit me and never goes into striking position outside of the cage.

Any ideas what this could be?
 
Just an update, all 3 also seem to kind of have their mouth gaped after feeding. I also got a temperature gun, and it's actually low 90's on the hot side with high 70's on the cool side. The 'tic has calmed down too, and he's going into shed. Fed them all last night, still on feed just fine.
 
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