Nine snakes? Or nine kitties?
But, back in Death Valley, this family lived in a trailer with a bunch of kids and a bunch of snakes. They'd loan us their pythons and boas so we could show the park visitors snake features. My friend would walk in from outside with a snake draped on her, and she'd say "hey BQ, guess what I just found in the lady's restroom". The mainly elderly audience of 500 would gasp, luckily no one ever had a heart attack. But I was an EMT at the time and could have helped.