I just purchased a baby California king snake, and he had mites. We went to the vet and they told us to bath him in betadine, and we was just fine, then we drained it and rinsed it with normal water and rubbed him with Tea tree oil and then he got lifeless, and eventually stopped moving in our hands. We put him in a small container and that's where he is now.

Does this sound like he is dead, or just...playing? or has he maybe gone into shock?