Brace Yourself...

[Nook]

I would stay out of it. I've found that its generally best to keep your nose out of someone elses business because you don't know how that person will react. This could affect not only you, but your parents, for quite some time. Who knows how this guy thinks? you call animal control, he gets upset, he comes and screws your house up, slashes your tires, spray paints your car, and generally causes thousands of dollars of damage that you CANNOT prove that he did. WHat I would do, is loan him the money and explain its a loan, so his pride isnt hurt and the snake gets better. If he won't accept the loan, then don't be friends with the guy and accept that he is a person who doesn't care about snakes and views them as 90% of the world views them. As worthless pests.

Just my $.02

Personally, knowing what has happened keeps someone from just 'staying out of it' .. I couldn't live with myself if there was something that could've been done to save a life, and it didn't get done. The person is already in it. If a person gets that bent out of shape over someone else trying to help, by slashing tires or whatever else stated, that person needs help themself. I wouldn't loan the person the money to take care of the snake, as there's a chance something like this will happen all over again. I would get any living creature out of that house ASAP.