Should I go with the Boa or try for something smaller?

[gothkenny]

Mature indeed!
Jimi is a wonderful choice to work with! Just feed your hamster to the snake.. obviously.. kidding.
I'm worried about my small dog getting too close to my RTB when he's an adult, but I don't think he would get big enough.. but I'm still going to be careful.
Well, with your 20 gallon that will last you a little while and you can start saving up for a reptile basics cage (or something similar) and eventually buy that. It doesn't take a ton of saving to work up 250 dollars or so. ;]
Especially in 2 years time.

Good luck!

Not to say I haven't thought about that... Simple, easy, clean, done. Just don't want to have to buy a 15 dollar meal, (not to mention switching him over to live!) every week! LOL!

Yeah, I would worry about that too... Eep! Just keep him out of the reptile room! That would be devistating though... I'm not sure if I would be able keep a snake that ate my dog. I'm pretty sure I'd have to hand him over to someone else.

You think a 20 gallon would lat TWO YEARS!? I heard that he could outgrow it in 6 months.... I still think I'm going to build one. I don't really like the way the Reptile Basics ones are set-up as much. And anyway, I keep looking for an excuse to build stuff for my reptiles. Everytime I see a plastic box I wish that I had more snakes to build a rack for. I was really pumped about building a tank for my CWD but my step-dad got too good of a deal to turn it down. The scary thing about the tank though is that it was GOING to me sold to the guy that originally owned my Ball Python (he's 18 inches right now) and he was going to house the poor little baby in a HUGE 55 gallon tank. I HATE THAT GUY! >_> He made my Ball totally head-shy. He would just tap it on the head all the time and not to mention he fed him way too tiny meals... ANYWAY...!