I also have a one bedroom apartment, and my sister has already refereed to it as a zoo. I only have 2 cats, 2 axolotls, and 3 snakes (with one more snake on the way). Luckily my family is just a tad more understanding, probably at least a little because I was always the odd one. Some of them say eew when they see the snakes and don't want to be near them, but others are somewhat interested and actually ask to hold or at least touch one. My grandmother is especially funny in regards to my animals, because she's afraid of snakes but still wants to take a peek at them every time she comes over. And she refuses to call my axolotls amphibians, preferring to call them "fish with legs".