A chronic collecting issue with the hobby

[Bogertophis]

Come to think of it, all of my animals have potential prejudice against them.

The fish were already explained with the weight and potential water damage, my bird for noise and mess (even though he's very quiet most of the time but most people will immediately think noisy whenever a bird is mentioned) and snakes are just hated on principle no matter what. Sigh...

I don't know why I'm worrying about this now when it'll be some time before such events will occur but, it's dawning on me just how difficult it will be to keep my "family" together in the future...

You're "worrying about this now" because that's what responsible adults have to do- plan for what's important in their life. When renting or leasing a place- you can't blame a landlord for trying to protect against damages. So many renters are careless about damages &/or lie about having pets. When you have pets, plan for "security- damage- & cleaning deposits" being required, & hope they'll be open-minded enough to work with you.