Ball Python Death. Please help!

[Viper1456]

Okay, so I had a young ball python die today. Here's the story, let me know what you guys think because I am genuinely worried.

To start : hot side of the cage between 89-90 cool side usually around 76-81 (cold side varies since its 110 at my house and have to keep the air on) humidity is always misted up to 70 but never drops below 55. usually stays around 60.

June 12th, i bought a 4 week old ball python from a breeder near me that i have bought many other reptiles from and have never had any problems with, (except my spider with stargazing but he is doing alright). She ate after her 10 day isolation, then she ate the 2 weeks after that, then she skipped one, so rather than put her in the snake room I left her in her little corner of my apartment. Now, Since then she has only eaten once since July 6th. I have 5 ball pythons so i know its not unheard for them to go off eating. But, just to be safe i kept her in that little corner of the apartment. Now I held her on Saturday, August 6th, and she was perfectly normal, no mites, No mucus, no wheezing or sounds as she was breathing, perfectly healthy on her weekly inspection, minus the fact she has only eaten one time since July 6th.

Then on Sunday afternoon, I noticed she was showing signs of stargazing(even worse than my spider who has been known to do loops hanging from a branch in his cage), She was also moving a little sluggishly, but when i tried to pick her up she scurried away perfectly fine. Got a little worried, picked her up and looked for mites and mucus, but nothing seemed un-normal.
Now today when i came home from work, she couldnt lift her head up, was trying to slither around but couldnt, after watching her for a while she started doing her stargazing again (which had never happened till Sunday, but she kept falling over, checked for mucus and nothing, decided to pull her out of her cage, put together my spare cage(in case anything in her cage was causing issues). then she started opening her mouth like she was trying to bite something, and then just stopped.

So my question to you guys is
WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED

she went from perfectly healthy and alert, to dead in under 48 full hours. (and just to be sure i left her in her cage for another 4 hours to see if there was any movement but sadly there was none)

IBD? Virus? Resperitory infection? I've had ball pythons for years, I usually adopt snakes from pet stores or breeders who cant get them to eat and help them, and i have never had a snake die. But im worried for the rest of my collection of ball pythons and my garg. they are like my children. Any ideas?

side note: ive got the cage on the patio soaking in bleach and water and cleaned every surface that snake has come into contact with in the past week or so.

[Viper1456]

and side side note, necropsy is out of the question, nearest reptile vet I'd trust is nearly 2 hours away ):

[Jeanne]

Unfortunately, unless you have that necropsy, you wont know. We cant really diagnose your snake as we are not vets.

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[PitOnTheProwl]

and side side note, necropsy is out of the question, nearest reptile vet I'd trust is nearly 2 hours away ):

This is the only way you will get the answers you want. No one can do anything but guess over the interweb BUT with more animals I would like to make sure it wasn't something more than natural causes.

[bcr229]

Without a necropsy all we can do is speculate. Could simply be failure to thrive, a bad feeder, or a virus. I would ask the breeder if any other babies have had problems.

Since you can't/won't get a necropsy all you can do is assume the worst - viral infection - and lock down your collection so nothing goes in or out for 6-12 months.