"Now if I can just let him let me have my snakes. His theory, he paid for them so they are his"
smh
Not to be ugly - but would 50/50 be a more equitable distribution. Did he buy the car too? You need to consider common law marriage law in PA. If you reach too far - he could react and you could end up with nothing.
Pennsylvania: A common-law marriage was established if, before 1/1/2005, a man and woman exchanged words that indicated that they intended to be married at the present time and they also held themselves out to the community as married (introducing eachother as husband and wife, filing joint taxes, etc.).