My apartment manager is threatening to fine me 100$ for each animal I have, so a total of 700$. I've had these snakes in my apartment for three years now and never had a problem. All the maintenance guys and all the staff loves them but the manager just found out.

In my lease I did sign a portion (very small portion) that says this is a no pet property, and now I'm in a bind. Do I have an argument for saying my snakes are "collectors items" as oppose to pets? What do I do?