Going to check out two Red Tails...

[xFenrir]

My red tail is a lot more outgoing. It come out of its hide towards me. This behavior made me a touch nervous at first, but once I realized it wasn't aggression I was ok with it. They are also a lot stronger than an equally sized bp....I have really fell in love with my boa and am really happy that I bought one....

That's good to know, I'm used to the "omg hide!!" behavior of my BP.

As was said, they're a lot more active and inquisitive than ball pythons, and I find they're a lot "grippier" when you're handling them, they tend to hang on a lot lol. Another thing is they're always on the move when they're being handled, they don't like to just find a comfy position and chill like many bps will.

They're really awesome snakes, I don't think you'll regret adding one into your life

My Ball's the same way, she's never still!

My experience with feeding has also been very different. I feed f/t and for my BPs I need to do the zombie rat dance, but that actually freaks my boa out. She'd rather I just throw it in and let her do her thing.

The "zombie rat dance" made me laugh! I have to do that too and if it happens to touch her she scares herself and runs into something. xD

Perhaps you should think a lot more about size before you buy one. Just think of it this way.. do you want a possible 7 - 10 (maybe more!) foot boa? or do you want a 5 - 7 foot boa. maybe smaller maybe a little larger?

if you dont want a possible giant, then avoid females.

Good luck, and be sure to post pics if you get the boa!

My bf and I LOVE the larger snakes, we want to work our way up to the larger boids like Burms and Retics, but we don't have the room for a 20+ foot snake at the moment. I think this will be a nice compromise of size, although the girl I spoke to said she was 3 years old but "small/not full grown" which makes me feel like it MIGHT be a male they've got. The poor thing was apparently abandoned in front of a pet store so I'm hoping we can give her a good home.