Wow, very glad to hear that you were able to get some of your money back! It's good to hear a happy ending to something like this finally. So many scammers out there are willing to just take peoples money (or animals) and run and never try to make good. At least you learned something from it and you still have a very nice looking animal to boot. Sorry that all this had to happen to you but at least you've learned what not to do when dealing with someone you don't know!