Get your wife involved with an equally or even more expensive hobby!
My wife works with Andalusian horses and competes in huntseat equitation and show jumping. It's difficult for her to complain that I have spent 1000.00 plus for a snake, when she has spent well over 20 x's that amount on some of her horses, not to mention, the cost associated with keeping equines greatly surpasses the costs associated with keeping herps.
Fortunately, I was lucky enough to have found a woman who enjoys Drymarchon almost as much as I do and even has a few of her own, which means she gets to assist with enclosure maintenance!

Regards,

Jeff
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947

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