No!

Mom: So what else is new?
Me: Oh, I forget to tell you. We're getting another pet.
Mom: NOOOOOOO!!!
Me: It's a tortoise.
Mom: Ooooh! Cute! Will I get to see it when I visit?

I love my mom. As long as we get scaly cute animals she doesn't care.

Examples of scaly non cute animals, to my mother, are my snakes. Those she could do without.