Snake Tap button on friends towns gone???

I got the elite license as soon as I got the normal license about 4 days after the event started. The next day my whacking button was gone and hasn't returned. I ended up buying donuts and bought some snake logs. Now I've just passed 11500 snakes and haven't whacked a snake in another town for weeks.
It's actually made whacking day quite easy but EA should reimburse me for my donuts as I had no intention of buying donuts to acquire snakes. I had no choice or miss out on a lot of items. I presume they'll fix it with about 2 days to go.
Thanks for nothing EA!