By Anonymous - 01/03/2017 12:30

Today, I found out why the rent is so cheap in my new house. Apparently the previous tenants violated their lease by keeping illegal exotic pets. They responded to fines and eviction by letting all the animals loose in the basement, like the (admittedly gorgeous) albino cobra I found curled on my laundry. FML
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AkaiKitsune tells us more.

Yeah, it's not the only little friend I've found. And considering that when I took the snake to a reptile handler who knew a vet for venomous snakes because it was pretty and I had noticed some scaring, it turned out that the snake had the venom glands removed (improperly and likely illegally) So I really don't think they gave a damn about their animals at all. Yeah, I've found a few dead scorpions, mostly those black emperor scorpions anyone can get in a pet store. A few more interesting snakes and a couple harmless but interesting colour mutations of ball pythons. A couple of them were literally tied in a bag and just left there. Presumably they survived by eating each other. Aside from a rattlesnake and some weird ass snake that seemed to make a ton of noise by rubbing it's scales together nothing really spectacular. Glad I have a friend who's snake obsessed who introduced me to a guy who handles dangerous snakes because I was more interested in the kind of snake that can kill you rather then the pet store variety. I point them out and he takes care of it.

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I'm pretty sure you can get out of that lease.. There has to be some sort of disclosure violation with that.

diisneygirl 2

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Hey, now you have a free albino cobra. Lots of hobbyists pay big money for those. In all seriousness, hopefully you found a professional to capture it and find it a suitable home.

Yeah, I've turned one of the basement rooms into a thing with tons of tanks. Including one floor to ceiling one that a friend made for me. I'm gonna keep the more interesting things I find. Also, latest thing found was a giant (and I mean literal dinner plate size) spider. Not sure what it is but it's creeping me out. Kinda cool in an 'I called probably eat you' way. Also the boa is still bloody well growing. It's at the point where it needs two people to handle safely on size alone.

typhoonfire8 4

Exotic animal surprises aaaaand cheap rent!?! I wouldn't be complaining OP ?

You know, snakes don't bother me at all. Don't scare me in any way, in fact I've had to kill a few to save my dogs (Australian) and even I would be like nope finding a damn cobra in my washing.