Also temperament will depend on handling and stuff too. Like I mentioned earlier, both my gals are puppies. I can just reach in head first with them and they just look up and tongue flick my hand and then lay down. Heck I can even pet their heads and they sit there 90% of the time. Sometimes they get in a mood but that means they just move their head back a little which means "leave me alone". You pretty much will get out of them what you invest in them timewise. My advice is go to a reptile show or local zoo and take a look at each one if they have them. And of course a reptile show will be a great place to look at them as well.
Just remember, boas don't grow that fast so it will be a long time before you got a 8' gal. My 6' gal is just over 3 years old and I got her as a baby. My sunglow gal is 4' and is almost 2 years old and that's with a not so conservative feeding. I was feeding them once a week as babies and then every 2 weeks after 1.5 years old. Some people feed their snakes every 3-4 weeks even yearlings.
Also males don't grow as big so you can expect somewhere around 4-6' for an average male. Females you can expect around 7-8' with a lot more girth and heft. My 6' Colombian girl is pretty hefty yet she wants to sit on me like she is still a baby. She loves to try and curl around my shoulders and neck and stretch her head out to check stuff out or try and climb the rain gutter to the roof when I'm outside on the deck.
And avoid jumbo rats. Those are usually retired breeders which are fatty and boas don't handle fat well. Stick to rats or if your snake gets big enough to eat jumbo rats, try rabbits. I'm just not sure if 2 medium or large rats are better than a young rabbit as the rats will be more developed.
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