so, ive had my baby ball for a couple of months, and everythings going swimmingly.
ive decided that i will get another snake at some point in the future, but im having a really hard time deciding what..


the basic candidates are:

common boa
blood python
carpet python (sumatran)
rainbow boa
spotted python

(and anything similar you can think of)


i want something which is similar to a ball python in that it can be very docile and friendly and easy to handle. (with proper care), but is a little bigger and a little more inquisitive.
ideally i would like the snake to grow to around 7ft.

im being pulled towards a common boa. but i would need some assurances on their character and size. if i were to get a male then what are the chances of him growing more than 7ft?

im also very interested in teh carpet pythons/spotted pythons.
i can get a high yellow jungle carpet, an irian jaya, and an irian jaya x jaguar too.

the problem is, from all ive read, its very hard to seperate a common boa from a carpet (as far as character description and growing capabilities goes.) all the care sheets just say "can be very docile and tame with good husbandry", for both the boa's and pythons. so i need to know from people with more experience to lay out the finer details for me.

so can anyone help me decide?

if anyone thinks a blood python or any other constrictor would suit me then please let me know what and why!.

thanks alot guys