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Regarding the original question about a small housepet: I'm sure it's easy to get away with, sort of like it's easy to sneak more people into a hotel room than fire code allows. (I think I've violated fire code at one or two cheap motels in almost every Big Ten college town.)
My only question is: do hotels do an extra-deep-cleaning of a room after a pet has been there? (e.g., is that the reason for the extra fee?) If so, then I'd prefer people didn't sneak pets into the hotel, as I might wind up as the next guest in that room that had a pet but didn't get the cleaning. (In practice, I'm skeptical that they really do a deep cleaning of the room if a small housepet didn't leave a noticeable stench behind.)