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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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My Pastel Has Me Stumped...

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I want to post some pics of a pastel girl I got a few months ago. She has shed for me once or twice. Then the shed before last she looked like a totally different snake. It blew my mind!!! And she's shed once again and still light as ever. I know you all know what a normal pastel looks like but in some of the pics I'm comparing her to a pastel I produced last year. I can't get over how she's lost so much of the black dingy coloration thru her body and def on her head! So take a look and let me know what cha think. Thanks for taking a peek!

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The last pic in the thread above is after the color change, and also these 3 pics.
 

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In pictures 4 & 5, the bottom right part of her, her pigmentation looks different. Kinda like a paradox for the lack of a better term, but not paradox. It looks like everything is loosing the dark pigment except for that spot. Very nice.
 
Right! Like she's losing the 'dirty look' that most pastels have. I just wish I had an explaination. I mean I know they change as the get older and thru many sheds, but guys this was literally over night, with one shed! I've never seen anything like it. Granted I've only been in to balls a couple years now.
 
Looks like a Vanilla pastel to me. Some people have low quality vanillas in there collection and think they are light colored normals. Would explain being sold as a pastel even though it has lighter color and head blush... Just a thought.....
 
Looking more at her, she also has a clean belly and a granitish look around the belly which are traits of vanilla. I would breed to a normal and try to prove that. Either way nice girl....
 
I had mentioned a vanilla pastel to my husband, but I don't know that much about the vanilla gene. And I know I sound like a broken record, but I still can't understand how she changed over night like that! I can't wait to find out what she's working with. Thanks guys!
 
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