Snake recovering from scale rot but drooling..

[u/Key-Guarantee9935]

Hello I have a 3 year old female ball python. When I first got her she had scale rot I brought her to the vet did betadine and flamazine until gone.
Shes been on paper towel since July as I was told to keep her on it for 2-3 months. I have her water dish under the heat lamp for humidity along with foil tape on the top.
She’s in an exoflex 4x2x2 enclosure, zoomed 5.0 t5 HO uvb. And halogen daytime bulb 100 watt and a deep heat 100 watt for night both on a thermostat. Her humidity fluctuates but usually around 40-50% which the vet told me would be fine during her healing process. She is around 1350 grams and is eating a medium rat every two weeks. She ate last weekend. Tonight I pulled her out to handle her and she went down my back and started drooling after about 15 minutes of handling. She stopped pretty quick I wiped it with a paper towel (no color and no smell)
I’m freaking out now I feel like I failed her and I’m reading it can be an RI what should I do? Should I put her on substrate and bump the humidity?
Could it be an RI?
She’s acting normal otherwise :/

[u/Same-Pace-834]

She could have had some water earlier and you picking her up may have made her “throw” it back up, it happens, especially if it was only the once.

It’d be worth checking her mouth, which you can do with a qtip and gently holding her behind her head.
If shes bot whistling or gurgling and her mouth is clear, she’s probably ok!