I want to get a boa but I'm a little intemidated by their size when they grow up. I'm 49 yrs old and I read that they can live up to 40 yrs. That would make me 89 trying to handle an 8 - 10 foot snake. lol I'm only in the research phase but would really like to hear what you all think about boas as pets. Is it practicle for me to even consider getting one? Right now I have a corn snake and a bp neither of which will get too big to handle.