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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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Current Cali Hatchings

Abby said:
You know that pair are some of my favorites of yours :) I might have to pick a baby up from ya :D They look awesome!
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hi Abby,
i thought i promised you a pair? well anyway....
they all have the superkiller feeding response
so dang if i can make up my mind which ones to get rid of,lol!
here's #4 going thru 2nd shed.
visit my site when ya get a chance
http://jetzen.proboards.com/index.cgi
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JETZEN said:
hi Abby,
i thought i promised you a pair? well anyway....
they all have the superkiller feeding response
so dang if i can make up my mind which ones to get rid of,lol!
here's #4 going thru 2nd shed.
visit my site when ya get a chance
http://jetzen.proboards.com/index.cgi
5xmw4.jpg
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So cute :) I'm glad they are feeding well for you! Whenever you decide which ones you're letting go, you know where to find me ;)
 
Abby said:
So cute :) I'm glad they are feeding well for you! Whenever you decide which ones you're letting go, you know where to find me ;)[/QUOTE


when it happens you'll be the 1st to know....cali are not my favorite kings but this batch is even putting my hellfires to shame.
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JETZEN said:
when it happens you'll be the 1st to know....cali are not my favorite kings but this batch is even putting my hellfires to shame.
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Thanks :) I've got a soft spot for cali kings since they were the first snakes I ever kept. any updates on your hellfires? I haven't seen those since they hatched!
 
Abby said:
Thanks :) I've got a soft spot for cali kings since they were the first snakes I ever kept. any updates on your hellfires? I haven't seen those since they hatched!
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nothing new with the hellfires except they are getting bigger. i'll be taking tons of pics of them soon.
 
JETZEN said:
nothing new with the hellfires except they are getting bigger. i'll be taking tons of pics of them soon.
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Cool, can't wait to see :) I wouldn't mind having one of those too, lol. How are their tempers? What other babies do you have right now?
 
Abby said:
Cool, can't wait to see :) I wouldn't mind having one of those too, lol. How are their tempers? What other babies do you have right now?
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their tempers are good but they have their moments,lol, when they're hungry.
thats it, only hellfires and this new batch of cali right now.
my helper is coming over this weekend i'll take hellfire pics then.
 
JETZEN said:
their tempers are good but they have their moments,lol, when they're hungry.
thats it, only hellfires and this new batch of cali right now.
my helper is coming over this weekend i'll take hellfire pics then.
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Awesome, can't wait to see :)
 
thanks, i always wanted a blizzardking
 
Excuse my noobness just got into kings so I don't know a lot about the patterns but what was mom and dads genetics? That confuses me how you get such a light snake out of two that are that dark. :p
 
evilcowboy420 said:
Excuse my noobness just got into kings so I don't know a lot about the patterns but what was mom and dads genetics? That confuses me how you get such a light snake out of two that are that dark. :p
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haha! you are no more confused than some of the knowitalls.

well both the mom and dad have that particular gene in their backgrounds.

one of mom's parents was a albino patternless
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one of dad's parents was albino about 90%patternless
 
Wow you definitely have some beauties there. Kind of cool to see the whole het thing at work. That will make a person think. lol
 
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