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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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Blitz Ball Python - New Project

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I’ve been very excited to share this project for some time and now that some 2012 babies have hatched I can introduce the Blitz Ball. This mutation was proven in 2010 and originated by Susan Hardy at Hardy Reptiles in Hemet, CA. I was lucky enough to be one of the firsts to see the offspring and immediately bought into the project. Susan is a good friend of mine, and I’m working closely with her to help get this project rolling. The Blitz originated when Susan purchased a baby female in a Las Vegas pet store in 2006. She had her first clutch in 2010 and produced 1.1 Blitz balls. The male last year sired a several clutches from normals, showing even more what the gene was capable of in it’s base form, which was very impressive to say the last. This year we are hoping for a super blitz ball, and some combos to show what this gene is capable of.

Here are some pictures of some 2012 Blitz balls that Hardy Reptiles hatched recently, and so far the only this year. There is more on the way and there will be available animals this year. This is truly just the beginning!

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Here is a picture of the original female. She’s full of eggs! I'll get better pics, but didn't want to stress her out.
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I’ll post more pics of some 2011 blitz balls soon as well as 2012 hatchlings.

Thanks for looking!

Brant
 
It looks Trick like...oh wait...what Jennifer said lol.

I like how whacky it looks. I bet it does some crazy stuff in combos.

Thanks for the pictures.
 
really...really would like to see a super...
 
Man I had 5 of those that I thought were normals, gave them away to the neighbor kids last week. :ack2:

Of course just kidding, great looking ball pythons Brant and good luck working with them!
 
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