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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.

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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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Opinions on deformed vent scale please

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One of my new born Candoia bibroni bibroni (Fiji boa) babies has a folded vent scale. He's so tiny that it's really hard to see - I didn't spot it with the naked eye, only when I was blowing up pics from trying to sex them.

Has anyone seen this before? Is it likely to sort itself out in time, or with a shed or two? If not is it likely to affect him in future?

He's one of a batch of 13 born 6 weeks ago, all others look normal and there's nothing else apparent wrong with him.

Any opinions really welcome, thanks.

Pics show his belly, a close up of the folded vent scale, and a normal vent scale from one of his siblings.
 

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Sorted!

Well, this got a few views but no responses, so I suppose this is not a common occurrence. However I thought I'd post the outcome for posterity...

The scale has now flattened out as normal, three months after birth, so all is well.
 

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some times, their scales just fold. glad all is well now though!
 
Thanks, I suppose I was just over anxious as this was the first time I'd seen it, lesson is to calm down and trust to nature!
 
so glad it fixed itself!

I was one of those original viewers but had never seen anything like it before so had nothing to comment. :)
 
AbsoluteApril said:
so glad it fixed itself!

I was one of those original viewers but had never seen anything like it before so had nothing to comment. :)
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Yes, I presumed that was the case. Given the size of these guys it may happen all the time and we just don't see it - only reason I'd picked it up is because wed been taking close up photos to sex them - I still can't be sure with the naked eye! ;)
 
I didn't even see the thread Helen. I would have put my 2¢ in if I had.

Never seen this before, but it wouldn't be something that would concern me, as long as everything passed OK. Glad it corrected itself for you.
 
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