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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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Last two het to het clutches give some surprising hope!

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This season has really been a stinker so far. We breed 14 females and only had 8 go the first three clutches 1 het pied paring and 2 het albino parings produced 9 possible 66% hets out of a total 13 eggs laid. I was really beginning to think with the high heat at the end of the breeding season I was going to have a bad year but, pardon me for being who I am for just a moment, Thank you God. I had a wonderful surprise when I opened the incubator on Tuesday. I found our last two het albino clutches had pipped and each had one albino. (Pics 1 & 2) Today I opened the incubator and the larger clutch is almost all out and look what this little darling was sporting. (Pics 3 & 4) It is black where there should be white and yes the eye of that alien head is black. My question is will it stay like that or will it fade out?
 

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it should stay...its a paradox...
 
dumje said:
it should stay...its a paradox...
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I was hoping I would get this conformation! Thanks.

Ricca217 said:
QUOTE=dumje;1498468]it should stay...its a paradox...
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Congrats![/QUOTE]
Thanks, NOw to get it feeding and sexed to find out if it's a boy or girl!

snakesRkewl said:
it's scarred for life, just send it this way and we'll make sure it gets a proper home :D
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Thank you for the offer and you may get the chance, I am seriously thinking of auctioning it off after it has shed and fed. There is a family in my congregation where the wife/mother of a 1 year old is going through a second brain tumor and they really need financial support. I was serously looking to keep it but sometimes God gives us really good things so we can help others.
Stay tuned!

dustinNMpythons said:
beauty!
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I think so too! Thanks.

Breaking Balls said:
Sweet. Scored a paradox marking on your Albino :) Congrats!

Regards,

B
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It is pretty neat! And if it stays healthy it will be up for acution in a few weeks to help someone in serious need.
 
Really great looking snake Richard. Thats so great you will be auctioning it to raise money for someone in need. Needs to be more peoples like you in the world.
 
So, this leads into my question which is how normal or often do albinos have black marks on their faces? I hatched one from a Jolliff Axanthic het Albino x Normal poss dh Jolliff snow. He has nice yellow markings and several black marks on his face .. hence his name Smudge. He was only 30g at hatch and is now 35 g after two assist feedings. So, what I am treating him as is an Albino 100% het Jolliff Axanthic (Snow).
 
Yay, a paradox Albino! That's awesome! I'm glad God finally blessed you with some better odds! :-]

acecurl16 said:
So, this leads into my question which is how normal or often do albinos have black marks on their faces? I hatched one from a Jolliff Axanthic het Albino x Normal poss dh Jolliff snow. He has nice yellow markings and several black marks on his face .. hence his name Smudge. He was only 30g at hatch and is now 35 g after two assist feedings. So, what I am treating him as is an Albino 100% het Jolliff Axanthic (Snow).
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As far as I'm aware, paradoxes are completely random but not genetically inheritable. It's difficult to tell how often they happen, though it doesn't seem common.
 
HUGE congrats, Preacher!! I hope the auction brings a lot of help to the young lady in need!! :D
 
scratchypen said:
Really great looking snake Richard. Thats so great you will be auctioning it to raise money for someone in need. Needs to be more peoples like you in the world.
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Thank you for your very kind words Shantel, I think there are a lot of folks here in fauna that have done very similar things. It just goes to show the true heart of the herp community we are all a part of.

R. Eventide said:
Yay, a paradox Albino! That's awesome! I'm glad God finally blessed you with some better odds! :-]

Thaks Krystal, I was beginning to think this was going to be a real stinker year but my Boss is pretty awesome!
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Randy F said:
nice snake and a very good thing your going to do with it:thumbsup:
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I agree it is a pretty cool snake, and it will really help this family. Going through two different brain tumors in just over a year has devistated them financially and auctioning it for them will do more good than putting it in my collection.

Matt2979 said:
HUGE congrats, Preacher!! I hope the auction brings a lot of help to the young lady in need!! :D
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Thanks Matt, I was really dumbfounded when I saw it, even picked it up and tried to rub it off. :rofl: Don't ask me why I thought it was dirt or something because I incubate over water! DUGH! Anyway, Keep an eye out for the auction the best I could hope for is lots of folks to bid and while getting a really cool animal begin able to help someone in great need in the process.
 
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