The 20-year-old Pasadena resident's home has a climate-controlled reptile room populated by six snakes, a lizard, nine tarantulas, a few fish, a trapdoor spider and a baby scorpion.
Two other rooms separately house her iguana and her chinchilla. It's not a good idea to put them together, she explained.
"I've always been fascinated with these things," said Heiss, who also has a more traditional dog and cat. "It's hard to explain. I love...
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