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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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New to boas and have a few questions

JCCS said:
To disagree with Big Mike a bit on that one, just because they're on the same locus doesn't mean that they're the same form of gene. Motley and Hypo are also located on the same locus, and I don't think that they are the same type of gene in the least.

Chris
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I would have to agree with you. Occupying the same locus doesn't mean it's the same mutation, or that they even effect the animal the same way.

Stryker414 said:
Has anyone crossed a Kahl albino with a BWC to see if there would be similar results as with the paradigm?
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If BWC and Sharp Albino are indeed on the same locus, then I doubt Kahl would be compatible. Isn't that the same reason the Sharp and Kahl aren't compatible, because the mutations occupy different loci? Or at least the evidence points that way?


Personally, I tend to agree with Big Mike. The Paradox came from the Sharp line, and they are indeed albinos, unlike everything else that's being called T+. Normals produce Tyrosine, as do Hypos. Think about it. And the latter is what I believe all the so called T+ to be. Them being recessive supports that too. All the Hypos in all the other species of reptiles passes in a recessive manner, so why all of a sudden, would Boas be different?


But hey, I'm just a dumb surveyor, not a Geneticist or Biologist. :shrug01:
 
crotalusadamanteus said:
Personally, I tend to agree with Big Mike. The Paradox came from the Sharp line, and they are indeed albinos, unlike everything else that's being called T+. Normals produce Tyrosine, as do Hypos. Think about it. And the latter is what I believe all the so called T+ to be. Them being recessive supports that too. All the Hypos in all the other species of reptiles passes in a recessive manner, so why all of a sudden, would Boas be different? :
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So you believe that T+ is another form of hypo?
 
Stryker414 said:
I'm assuming there is no more development on this after 4 years?

Has anyone crossed a Kahl albino with a BWC to see if there would be similar results as with the paradigm?
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This is a good point. If similar results were found then it would change to an assumption that all albinos and BWC lie on the same locus, and not that all albinos are T+
 
crotalusadamanteus said:
I would have to agree with you. Occupying the same locus doesn't mean it's the same mutation, or that they even effect the animal the same way.




If BWC and Sharp Albino are indeed on the same locus, then I doubt Kahl would be compatible. Isn't that the same reason the Sharp and Kahl aren't compatible, because the mutations occupy different loci? Or at least the evidence points that way?


Personally, I tend to agree with Big Mike. The Paradox came from the Sharp line, and they are indeed albinos, unlike everything else that's being called T+. Normals produce Tyrosine, as do Hypos. Think about it. And the latter is what I believe all the so called T+ to be. Them being recessive supports that too. All the Hypos in all the other species of reptiles passes in a recessive manner, so why all of a sudden, would Boas be different?


But hey, I'm just a dumb surveyor, not a Geneticist or Biologist. :shrug01:
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But if no one tries then we will never know..If big mike is wrong then they may be compatible..
 
crotalusadamanteus said:
If BWC and Sharp Albino are indeed on the same locus, then I doubt Kahl would be compatible. Isn't that the same reason the Sharp and Kahl aren't compatible, because the mutations occupy different loci? Or at least the evidence points that way?
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Actually, reading that again, it makes no sense. "Compatible" isn't the right word. What I was trying to say is, if they indeed occupy the same locus, you won't get both mutations to "combine". It would be impossible, because there are only two genes at that locus, so either one mutation, or the other is possible, but not a combo of the two.


Yeah, I think that sounds a little better.
 
Do you think its worth moving this topic to its own thread? You know, the whole BWC x Sharp = Paradigm. BWC x Kahl = ?, and also the thoughts of T+ being another form of hypo? I know I would love to hear more opinions on these topics.
 
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