well to be very upfront...

i can't say for sure... i did not have a necropsy done.

he had some health problems and i actually took him out of the females cage early so i could quarantine him and get some food and fluids back into him.
after a few rounds of antibiotics, he eventually went on to develop severe debilitation in motor control so i elected to euthanize him just in case it was OPMV or IBD or something that could be passed on to the rest of my collection.

the good news is that a) he was in full quarantine for a long time and b) none of my other animals have had any syptoms - including the female he was in with.

my vet and i both did a lot of research on the subject and everything is non-conclusive because of the lack of ophidian veterinary research at the moment. could have been anything from a reovirus to a genetic abnormality.