Yeah... Ball pythons are adorable, but they don't do as much. You can have them in your hands and they might just sit there. A boa isn't going to sit there. He will climb, move, be curious, whatever. My boa loves to reach out to whatever is nearest to her, even if it's like ten feet away which is hilarious--you'll see her stretch like 80 percent of her body straight horizontally in the air trying to get to a chair she wants to climb on. Lol, I love it.

Not to mention, you never really have trouble getting a boa to eat, so feeding time is never a pain!