Hello again everybody?

I've recently come down with an itch for some slightly bigger, meatier constrictor snakes. Just a year ago all I had were sand and rubber boas. Jumping to a Sumatran short-tail was... actually extremely intimidating, but that has now turned out extremely well and I think soon I might be ready for even bigger, more intimidating species
I won't be able to actually get anything new for a while until I have my own place, but there are two species that are really catching my interest.



I should start by saying that I'm a New York state resident, so Olive's and the Boa Constrictors are just about the largest snakes that I can legally obtain. As a [hopeful] future biology teacher, I *might* be able to obtain a "dangerous wildlife" license for larger species, but that's far from guaranteed and it won't happen anytime soon.

Anyway, as I'm debating which new snake to get in the future, two "big" snakes that I want are the Argentine Boa and the Olive Python. Both have vaguely similar size, have somewhat similar prices, though the olive pythons are generally easier to find for sale. Both seem to have "mixed" reviews as far as temperament goes on the internet, though I'm not sure how much of this is actually speaking from 1st hand experience or if its a telephone game.

There is good information online about olive pythons, but a lot of the info seems to be all over the place [in particular about temperament]. Same deal with Argentine boas, only there's even less readily available information. Most information seems to apply to boa constrictors in general, not specifically Argentine's. From what I gathered, the biggest difference between them is that Argentine's are more cold tolerant.

Does anyone have experience working with one or both of these species? Obviously they are much larger than Sumatran short-tails, but in terms of handling are these comparable in any way? [aside from the obvious problem of short-tails being exclusively ground-dwelling]

Cheers!