I could use some moral support as I recently told a friend I have 10 snakes now and while they are all amazing and I would keep them regardless of wanting to breed, a lot of snakes require a lot of space if you want to let them "free roam" or have 40G Breeders/55G Longs filling your whole house and I told her about rack systems and tubs and she kind of lost it telling me that it was horrible to keep snakes to breed and in tubs/racks. I retorted with, "Where do you think snakes, rabbits, rats, cats, dogs, etc... come from; certainly not a factory ... breeders." I get them out and hang out and let her know they are pretty much sedentary and reclusive animals to begin with.

Anyways, made me feel meh and question what I am doing but I also feel like some people just don't understand. How do you respond to those sorts of questions and criticisms? I don't want to stop what I am doing as I enjoy every snake, despite my "real job" (DevOps Engineer) taking a lot of my time lately. I just want to have and make cool snakes to share with the world; maybe make my own line one day.