Anyone's hubby/wife irritated with our hobby?

[JennyBP]

Good job on picking up some from Ben Renick! He's a great guy with awesome animals. You won't be disappointed!

My husband doesn't want anything to do with my snakes, but he built me an awesome "turtle table" for my little tortoise I got last year. And he's extremely proud and supportive of the work I do in the reptile world and the travels that sometimes takes me on. But he won't stay in the room if I get a snake out, and he's insistent that his home doesn't "turn into a zoo."

The fact that he's active duty military does help keep things on a practical level because moving, on average, every 18 months means I can't keep too many animals anyhow. But even so, I would never bring in more animals without consulting with him first, out of love and respect for him. He did promise me though, that when the time (finally!) comes that we retire and settle down someplace permanently, we'll buy a home with some extra land and he'll build me a "snake house" that I can keep anything in that I want. Don't know when that "someday" might be, but...

Yes Judy please thank him for his service.. and i think we share dreams.. all i want is a devoted room for my babies and the feeders.. i broke the news to my husband last night that the BP's will get big enough to eat rats.. his response was "OH great!" he thinks they are creepy.. me on the other hand when i had my savannah monitor had two pet rats and i loved them.. we're going to be building a rat rack this weekend..

i wish i didn't have to build it.. i'd rather pay someone.. BUT atleast i can say that i built it for myself.. the design came off this forum.. did i mention i LOVE this place?