Quote Originally Posted by Annarose15 View Post
I think the key here is to not ask "Do you allow snakes". Instead, ask for a copy of their pet policy. As Kodieh said, silence is consent (IMO). Be considerate of your neighbors (probably best that they not even know about hem), and you shouldn't have problems.
This was basically what I was getting at - is it okay to just say nothing? (unless of course the lease specifically calls out snakes). I guess then my question is: if silence is consent and one day the landlord inspects my place or has to get in to fix a leak, etc. and sees a wall of snakes - does he have a case against me? I'm just so overly paranoid cause they're my babies

Quote Originally Posted by Neal View Post
It's because the world is full of morons and people fear snakes, why? They don't have enough sense to keep their minds open so they just automatically declare snakes trouble or evil or whatever the case may be.

About a week or so ago somebody posted a picture on facebook of a snake they killed, and wanted to know what kind it was. People shouldn't even comment unless they know what they're talking about, but people went from saying copper head, cotton mouth, corn snake, king snake and it was a harmless water snake. Then some people said: The best kind of snake, a dead snake. Which I replied to their comments: I hope your dog bites your face off. That was a bit off topic, but it was a point to my general census that people don't understand snakes.

Also it's not like a snake will chase you to bite you, but a dog can. Anyways, good luck with your search though.
And yes - I'll try not to get heated about this, but this is the ultimate issue. Ignorance. It makes me want to explode. I'm going to stop there before I do explode I've gotten a lot of people to face their fears with snakes and alligators and been able to get each of them to touch and even hold them and even though they're always scared - they're smiling. And so many people (myself included) think little hamsters and mice (and dogs, as you said!) are sooo cute - but I am FAR more afraid of getting bitten by a teeny little hamster than I am a snake - those suckers hurt!! Anyway, yes....ignorance is maddening.