Whether it is a farmed import or a wild caught specimen is irrelevant, if the OP had contacted Mike after the first vet visit, the resulting drama may have been avoided. As it stands now, Mike is being very generous by offering a different snake species as a replacement.
If he continues on this road, especially with the apologies he has been giving to those that deserve one, he is well on his way to mending his reputation & I may be getting my next pacman from him (he has some nice ones), I would be confident that if something went wrong, he would act professionally.
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