Thank you all for posting, I appreciate your help. Alas, my ball python passed away this weekend. It's very upsetting, I'm not sure what happened.

My BP had mites, not too many, a few. While awaiting the medicine in the mail, I cleaned his tank and decor, gave him a bath, and just put the hides back in with water on paper towels. All the temp/humidity parameters were ok.

Few days later, I fed him a live mouse. The following day, he came out of his hide and was acting funny...positioning weird. Then, he writhed around a bit, and died.

I can't understand it, not sure what went wrong. I purchased him a week ago. I got him from a local pet store, so maybe that was the mistake.

I am planning on purchasing another BP at some point...this time from a reputable breeder. Thanks again everyone.