Aaah gotcha. Yeah that is tough :/ My parents would never allow me to have a snake as a kid... So I rebelled and got 7 lol
When I got my first snake while I was at school, I told my parents. They were not happy and told me to return it.. Yeah that wasn't happening! After that I just neglected to tell them when I got new animals. What they don't know won't hurt them! lol