About 5 months ago I traded 3 of my proven corns for a hogg island boa and a baby Blood Python. The guys name was Arnie Thompson. As soon as I got the Blood home I noticed something wrong with it's scales. I emailed Arnie to see if he knew what was up. He said it was in "shed" ha. Anyways two days later the Blood dies. It was devastating. My gf emailed him telling him what had happened and asked him to replace the dead snake with another Blood. He said he would but he wouldn't have any in for a month. Emailed him a month later. He pushed the date back another month and the same thing for the next month. Finally 5 months later I email him and say just to get it over with I would like two of his chameleons and one of his scorpions which equaled out to the amount of a new Blood. He then asked if I had any pictures of the dead Blood. I did but after he agreed to replace it, never asked for pics before, and being 5 months later I deleted them. He then stated that his lawyer said no pics, no case. Take him to court. I had two other ppl witness that snake die and they watched me bury it. After talking to a friend of the family, the Assistant D.A. for my county he told me that because of the witnesses I will have no trouble in court. Should I take him in or should I just take the loss and leave it alone? To me its people like this that give the reptile industry a bad name. Any advice?