NEWLY-weds Lee and Jeannette Ripley from York went on honeymoon leaving a menagerie of exotic pets behind.
A trantula died and a Mexican red knee spider and Chilean rose spider were discovered in containers with no controlled heating or humidity levels.
A bearded dragon lizard was so weak from starvation that it could not eat crickets that had been left in its cage.
The animals were among four cats, a dog, three rodents, a canary and four chinchillas left without proper food or water for nine days at the couple's home in Rowntree Avenue, Clifton.
The Ripley's pleaded guilty to ten charges of causing unnecessary suffering to animals, at York Magistrates Court.
They were banned for life from keeping animals, and ordered to pay £2,040 costs
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