My fiance and I bought a 41 quart tub at Walmart, and were going to move one of our snakes into it.
My mom and I have clashed in the past about putting snakes in tubs vs. glass tanks. We have them in tanks right now (it is taking up my ENTIRE ROOM space.)
Not only are the tanks heavy and take up lots of space, it's hard to clean them, keep up the humidity, etc. and we have two snakes sharing one tank right now.
:/
Well, I was going to move one of our snakes into the tub (MY snake, note that, not hers) AND she still says I cannot move them into tubs. They MUST be in tanks.

I don't have room, or money, to buy another tank. :/ I already HAVE the tub, and a UTH, and I'm going to home depot or lowe's soon to buy a dimmer switch, and I'm buying a ReptiTemp 500r thermostat for the tanks.
So, I tried talking to her about why she only wants tanks. She wouldn't talk to me about it. :/ She got mad and told me "not right now" and "we talked about this before". What she DIDN'T ever tell me was WHAT she doesn't like about tubs. I suspect she won't tell me because she doesn't want to be proven wrong.
I've shown her a picture of a rack system on BP.net and she said "Ooh, pretty!" I told her we could make it and she said, "No, I want tanks."....
:/ I don't understand. No matter what I've told her--it's good for the health of the snakes, it's easier to clean, it takes up less space, it uses the same or less amount of electricity, there won't be 50 cords strung around my floor anymore, etc. she won't listen.
Does ANYONE have any idea what I can do? I know she has already given a lot by letting the snakes be here, but she loves them--she cuddles Nergal and Cleo all the time. It's not like I'm housing animals she hates, like mice.

thanks for any help you can offer.