I'm sorry for your loss. Poor thing looked awful from the start.. Where did you get him? If you decide to try again, please don't buy from a pet store and certainly don't pick one that isn't fat and healthy looking from the start. These guys go downhill very quickly if they are not healthy and perfect from the start. Ball pythons are a thick bodied snake and any baby that has been properly started and is eating enough should have some good thickness already. I agree that it was deformed also. Whoever sold you that baby never should have sold it or even given it away in that condition.