The whole thing is fishy.

I still don't buy the story of the snake being purchased as a venomoid, to begin with because IF that were true we would should have seen the mysterious persons name by now.

IF the person who sold him a venomoid snake assured him the animal was safe, especially BY phone AFTER the man called saying he had been being bitten by that individual animal, There has to be some responsibility placed on that person for putting the other at risk.