Hey guys,

So I overheard a guy at work talking about how his was moving at the end of this month, and he didn't know what to do with his snake. The guy he was talking to suggested that he just let him go. Unfortunately he agreed and said that he was going to let him loose in a creek by his house.... So I couldn't stand by and let this dude set a snake loose so I offered to take him.

I met him today and he gave me the snake, heating lamp, and fish tank full of NASTY wood chips...

I kinda expected it was going to be a ball, but it is certainly not. I'm thinking he is just a normal boa but I'm not 100%. So here is the dilemma, I own two balls and I know nothing about the boas. So I come to the professionals on .net. What are the differences between balls and boas, humidity? temperament? temps? hides? etc?

Pics:

*sorry for the crappy phone pics*


PS.... boas hiss, wasn't expecting that

tl;dr: I have a new boa, how do they differ from balls?