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This is true for free roaming pets and pets that spray like cats but with caged animals that defecated sparsely is a different story. It also sounded to me like her roommates wouldn't compromise, with compromise being promising to get rid of it when healthy. My general thoughts are if the animal can be happy, if you have space for it, and if you afford it you should be able to keep it. It sounded like the pet store gave her the snake for free or super cheap because they couldn't house it and its not like bp would take up that much space anyway. Two snakes is also not a plethora of animals

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This is just an assumption, but Im pretty sure she talked them from "no snakes" to "one snake". thats a compromise for a group of girls who are afraid of or just dont like snakes. And it seems like OP accepted that compromise, but now this unplanned situation has come up. The roommates probably think this is just a plan to bring more animals home than agreed to. Thats how people who live with others who rescue animals have to think.

Again, not saying this is the case, or that the OP is a hoarder or anything, its just me trying to see the situation from both ends. If these were the terms everyone agreed to, it would be wrong to just say screw it, i'll do what i want.