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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.
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

Poss Hets, Twins, and Trusting Friends

LadyOhh

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So let me tell you all a story about back when Heather was just starting out...

I had wanted Pieds for a while. But, back in the day, Hets were pretty darn expensive... So I waited it out for a bit, until I met this woman, Miss WolfyHound. She had just came onto the scene, bred her Het Pied male to a Normal, and wanted to sell her clutch.

I bought it, thinking that this lady seemed nice and trustworthy, and we began a friendship that lasted ever since.

So I got three sister 50% poss het Pieds.

YAY!

I grew them up, waiting year after year until they were ready.

This season, they were.

So I bred my Pied to them, praying that my luck would prove at least ONE of them out. Only two went this season, so that was already a kick in the pants.

And the first female laid 5 beautiful eggs. I couldn't be happier!

So I waited 60 days.

And lo and behold...

MY FIRST SET OF TWINS pipped first!!

How awesome is that???

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So I waited, waited until I couldn't wait anymore... I cut...

And there were FOUR pieds in Five eggs, plus the Twins!

WOWEE!!!

And now, they are out of the egg...

And here is the kicker.

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1.3 Pieds, 0.2 Het Twins with Ringers.

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Can't get any better than that.

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So thank you, Teresa Baker, for being an amazing and trustworthy person when you could have faked it.
You have made my season with this, and I am forever grateful.
 
Major Congrats Heather! They all look great, and that twins pic is just too cute. I now feel the need for a second paycheck. :crazy03:
 
Nice Pieds Heather, they look great. The twins look cool too.

Dave
 
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


they look GREAT!!!


I want that one on the bottom left in the first photo!!!
 
Rock on Heather!! Could not be happier for you!
 
i hope we get the same odds when we run our clown male thru the 6 50% het clown females we got from a buddy of ours. thats great when all that hard worl finally pays off
 
What a sweet story with such a nice happy ending! The pic of the twins still in the egg together is terrific! I've always liked high white pieds but that one on the bottom right with the one ring/cricle of white is adorable. They all look great, congrats!

(I'm not real familiar with bp morphs but what is a 'ringer' on a het? I've heard this before but never saw what it meant. Sorry if this isn't the place to ask that question)
 
April Yohn said:
(I'm not real familiar with bp morphs but what is a 'ringer' on a het? I've heard this before but never saw what it meant. Sorry if this isn't the place to ask that question)
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A ringer is just a misplace spot of white or orange on an animal, similar to the Pied colorations. Sometimes it is very slight, sometimes it is a complete white patch. Usually they are based at the tail area and are orange, but the more severe ringers are bright pied white!

They are fun, and the twin photos don't really show the Ringers well, albeit they are slight anyway. :)
 
OH MY GOD! LOL!
If you knew the rude thing I just thought! (Trust me~ it was funny......and MUCH too rude to post on open forum!)

You go Girl! You have the most incredible good luck!
 
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