Your wife is allowing that you can get more snakes after the kids is born. That in itself is a win for you. My wife supports me in all my insane hooby endeavors, and in my case she accepted a long time ago that there will always be one more snake/lizard/plane, etc. But family obligations have to come first, and unless you already have a kid, you have no c!he how much that little bugger will affect your life. I though I had a handle on it before mine was born, but I had almost no clue. So be patient, give your wife this one, and plan on what cool animals you'll have when you get the chance. Oh, and that hormone thing, don't press your luck on it, lol.