Need help, landlord issue with my Ball Pythons

If things don't go your way simply keep the snake and don't bring it outside your apartment. Your neighbor will never know and your landlord has no right to go in your apartment without your consent. When you arrange a time for a walk through jut put your enclosure out of sight. Its not like your snakes going to bark giving you away.....

In the mean time you can look for another apartment at your leisure.

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Originally Posted by Toddnkaya

Chris, I don't think he was looking for a lecture from you. Heart attacks, really? lol...
Maybe they should ban dogs and cats and Harley Davidsons, as I'm sure many people are deathly afraid of them as well. He has already admitted he made a mistake, and said he would not do it again.
I think your landlord would have a hard time kicking you out, considering he knew of your animals prior to signing the lease. You may want to check your copy of the lease to see if there is a pet policy anyway.
You have done the right things, appologizing to your neighbor. If your landlord
continues to push forward with eviction plans, you can offer him a pet security deposit of a few hundred dollars. I don't think you should have to do this, as he already had you move in and sign a lease already. You may want to see if you can discuss this with a lawyer so you know your rights. Good luck!

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If my dad ever sees mine coiled around my neck, he'll have a heart attack.
[he's also jittery about the Dobermann and the Harley, too...he hasn't seen the tats yet but I'm sure they're on his "Stroke Out List", somewhere]

Some people are just like that.

Raising me was hard enough because of the things I'd regularly drag home.
[name it, it's been dragged home]...LOL

When I was supposed to be helping him bail hay, I was chasing and catching corn, rat and black snakes in the field and playing with them.

Frankly, I'm surprised he survived my youth.

:D

Thanks to everyone for the support, I was having a literal panic attack about the issue earlier. A few hours and a couple Xanax later I'm feeling better about the situation. I think my vet's recommendation will do a lot for calming the landlord and now I just have to hope that my neighbor isn't a big pain over this. I get along with my neighbors son (adult living with her) and plan on seeing if he can talk some sense into her if I can't.

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That's absolutely ridiculous. Like some others have already said, don't let people bully you on this issue, simply because they are afraid of as harmless of a creature as our ball pythons. We shouldn't have to treat them as some dirty secret. I for one hate dogs, but have to put up with people having them out in public... So I think I have the same rights.

I had a similar situation happen to me, and I own my house. A neighbor kept complaining to me and the HOA about the fact that I had snakes, and then threw an absolute fit when she saw me talking a walk through our subdivision's park with a snake around my neck. Animal control showed up, didn't do a thing of course, because I was doing absolutely nothing wrong. I fought fire with fire. The next time that she (yet again) had her worthless mutt out running around with no leash (which actually IS illegal,) I called animal control and had it picked up. So she had to pay a hefty fine to go get it out, and the dog is also on record now. She sure hasn't made a peep about my snakes since.

Call it petty of me, but crap like that makes me see red. Ignorant morons need to be taught lessons.

I think it's bullhooey that you even need a letter from a vet explaining the snake's temperment and nature. If your landlord is so concerned about it why haven't they taken the time to see the snakes in person? That'd probably show them all they need to know about how "dangerous" they are.

And no that's not petty of you, that's just showing a retard just how stupid they are.

My neighbor had a change of heart and everything is settled for me keeping my pets!

Congrats !!!!:gj::gj::gj:

Now that I've had another chance to talk to everyone, it turns out the entire situation goes back to a previous bad reptile owner in the complex. The neighbor that I startled is scared of snakes, but fine as long as she doesn't see them. She called the landlord because when she lived in another part of the complex another tenant had lizards that kept escaping. From now on I'm fine, just have to keep them in the apartment or covered when taking them somewhere. So glad my wife was out of town for this so she didn't have to stress out about possibly losing her snake.

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