I'd go for hog island boas too! They're a small locality boa and docile.
Reading about the length of certain snake species sounds intimidating, but a 6 foot boa is smaller than you imagine (it was smaller than I imagined, at least LOL). How "big" a snake seems depends on each species and their girth. A 6' longicauda is much thinner/smaller than a 6' blood python.
For example, my dumeril's is around 5'6"~5'8" right now. When she is curled up, she is still small enough for me to cradle on one arm. When I originally got her at around 3'6", I was imagining that a 6 foot snake is the maximum size I would want to handle, and that 7~8 feet is way too large. Turns out, I really want my dumeril's to grow to 7~8 feet now, because 6 feet is smaller than I imagined.
This is considering you probably want to start with a juvie and watch it grow. You'll adapt very easily to handling as it grows.
BRB's will require extensive research and getting their setup and humidity spot-on. Not that any snake species doesn't require research and the right setup, but having humidity drop is particularly dangerous for a BRB.
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