Quote Originally Posted by Cowtipper View Post
I know you said you want to keep it under 10 feet, but IMO Burms are a fantastic big snake. Males will be smaller in girth and shorter, a lot of times around 11 feet or so. They have wonderful dispositions and are usually slow movers, not as curious or flighty as Carpets can be, although I love Carpets as well and I would highly recommend one of those also. Boas are also great, very strong, have great dispositions and very hardy. All these have been recommended in this thread, but I am a huge fan of Burms and would definitely recommend a male to keep it on the smaller side, if it's really considered "smaller"
Either way, good luck with your decision, you can't go wrong with a lot of what has been mentioned in this thread.
Dwarf burms are also an option.

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