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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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Photo's and exact "how to" of popping babies?

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I have recently taken in 46 hatchlings... well, about a week ago.
I would really like to learn how to sex them. I came across a few sites that show how to pop, but... either all of the ones I've been trying to pop are females... which I have high doubts about... or I'm just not doing it right. :(

I read that it's real simple... all I have to do is bend the tail back a little, and roll my thumb a little above the opening gently but firmly. On one of the snakes, clear stuff came out of it's opening. Well, it's not working. I've even seen some pictures on a website... but they don't help at all.

I've tried probing; I bought the $20 probing set, and I do it gently, but it keeps going down very far and I'm afriad I'm hurting them. I don't want to hurt them.

Does anyone have any step-by-step clear pictures/instructions on popping?
 
With popping, it really helps to have somebody demonstrate it for you. The first bunch of times you it it will feel a bit awkward, but the more you do it, the easier it is (and the less you worry about hurting the snake). During my hiatus, I had no reason to pop anything and was quite out of practice when started getting babies last year. I had no problem popping the JC/Ds, but couldn't get the Dumerils boas to save myself. I did a bulk trade of the baby CY spotteds, so I never even bothered with them. With a little luck, I'll get it down again this year (if it doesn't come pretty easily, I'll load a bunch up and head over to a friend's place)
 
I wonder if you could find a local herp society or non-evil petstore that could help you with learning how to probe? I would definately try to find a live person in your area who might know how to help. good luck, sounds like you have some work to do!
 
in years past i was pretty good at probing boa's and pythons for gender . its been along time though so i'm not willing to try it yet . my boss at the petshop is going to go over it with me so that i can relearn it . i was never any good at poping an animal . i always was to afraid of hurting it .
 
All of my experience with popping has been with colubrids and boas.
I don't work with Ball Pythons, but I have always heard that they are notoriously difficult to sex by popping.
 
Popping in babies is more reliable than probing. I only work with balls, and I prefer to pop with babies. Adults are more difficult to pop, but it can be done.

It takes finesse...
 
today I learned how to do it! I wasn't applying enough pressure, and was doing it in the wrong places... heh.

Now, I came home and popped my first baby, but the hemipenes didn't pop out, just a ball of pink. If it's a female, will a ball of pink pop out? Or nothing at all?
 
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