I got my baby ball python just under a month ago. Set up the tank with UTH and heat lamp, water bowl, hide...all the necessities.

Temp was always around 80 in the middle, with it being a little less on the cool side, and more on the hot side. Humidity was usually around 60%.

When I got him I thought he was a little thin, but didn't think much of it. After a couple days he started exploring the tank and seemed to act normal. About 5 days after I got him I tried to feed with a thawed fuzzy mouse and he didn't react at all, didn't take.

Since then I tried feeding him about every 5-7 days and he has never eaten anything. He never was really active, but seemed normal up until a couple days ago. I have to admit though that when handling him, he never really gripped hard or constricted at all. He kinda would just tuck his head under my hand like a hook and hang there.

A few days ago he started acting a little lethargic. The past couple days he didn't really move from one spot. Yesterday I noticed he was tucking his head strangely. And now today he had his head and neck twisted very awkwardly, almost like putting a kink in a hose.

I picked him up today and he was almost totally limp. For a second I thought he was dead but he moved his head a little. Also the literally feels like skin a bones and nothing else in his middle. Definitely not what he felt like last week. I very carefully untwisted him and coaxed him til he straightened out. Checked on him about an hour later and he was twisted again. Picked him up again and he was totally limp, but moved his head a bit again.

I'm fearing he is about to die. I'm not an expert at all, but from researching a little it almost sounds like IBD.

Anyone have any advice or opinion?