My wife was very strict about no more snakes as well. I took her to a reptile expo and the whole time we are driving down all she could say was no more snakes, no more snakes----. Well long story short she found a pewter she liked then I showed her a better quality Black Pewter and now we have 4 snakes and plans for a few more with breeding hopefully this fall So I would advise give her a little time and take her to an Expo let her see what is out there she might suprise you