I will be keeping it in my closet until my mom gets told about it, because the only time she goes in there is for spring cleaning. She only found out about the gecko when we told her. With my gecko I turned the light on in the morning and off at night so as not to disrupt her sleeping pattern, and I'll do the same for the snake.
P.S. hognoses are adorable, so your husband will probably get over the surprise pretty quickly.