boas are great, but i have a feeling that when theyre that big, they might be handling you lol, mines just a baby (columbian BCI), but she already has her own agenda when it comes to being handled, its quite hard to get her to do things she doesnt want to do, dont get me wrong, shes wonderful and and a sweetheart and i wouldnt give her up for the world. also, and this is just what ive heard, but i hear alot more people say that they live for 15-20 years than say 40. anyway, like evenstar said, male bci's stay relatively small, and hog islands are even a bit smaller. another species in that size range if your interested is the carpet python, i believe some localities stay at about 6feet, so you might want to look in to those too