The only thing that cracks me up about this, is Chuck here thinks he is original.
I got news for you, search any number of the threads from [other] known scammers, they all say the same exact things; That they are millionaires, that they went to college, that they own their own business, that they spend $1,000's or tens of thousands, on reptiles, that their reptile business is not being affected, blah, blah, blah....or yada, yada, yada, if you prefer. Do you guys all have the same scammers manual? The only difference is some of those others can actually spell, and have decent syntax, making their claims a tiny bit more believable. As to this site, you claim it is no big deal and worthless, yet at the same time "brag" (re; lie) that you got over 4,000 hits. Which is it? You can't have it both ways. If you did get that many hits, they are from people who are taking note of your site, so they make sure they never do business with you.
bottom line is; you have stolen animals. You have not paid for them. It is your responsibility to get the M.O. to him (have someone who can spell, address your envelopes in the future). Where the lost M.O. is and paying for the snakes are two seperate issues. Finding out what happened to the "lost" money order is your problem, the OP should not suffer, because of something that was not his fault.