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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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Striated (Fire x Super Fire)

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Wondering if anyone has seen any of these for sale. I searched both here and Kingsnake and got no results. I am not looking to buy one, just curious how much they go for. Being that Fires are a fairly cheap morph, I am wondering if it might be worth trying to produce some. I dont much care for the Fire morph itself, but I do like some of the combos, and the Super Black Eyed Lucys also, but I am really liking this "Striated".

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/striated/
 
Well, a super fire x a fire should give fires and super fires...so wtf is a striated?
Will be interesting to see what, if anything, comes of future breedings...and what, if anything, else may have been hiding in the original animals to make it.
 
Yeah, I was a bit confused when I saw it, but I figured "hey, I'm just a newbie, so what do I know?" lol. Either way, I really like the snake depicted on that morphs page.
 
It was produced by Constrictors Unlimited in 08.... however I haven't seen any information on it since. There website still says "In Development" with no other information. My guess is there was a gene inside the BlackEL that wasn't visible until it was bread to the Fire. Very cool snake but not alot of information is available that I can find on the exact genes
 
Three gene super :O that would be awesome if someone prove's something like that out~!~
 
I agree with Harald that more is involved here. Anyone else think that maybe it has G-stripe in it?
 
I don't think Gstripe.
I'm inclined to think aberrant patterned fire. That snake was produced in 2008. If I produced something like that, you can bet your butt I'd be repeating the pairing to hopefully reproduce the outcome. Failure to reproduce it in repeat breedings by the same pair indicates that it wasn't "genetic"; in which case we have to look at the aberration itself to see if it is reproducible. The post indicates planned breedings in 2010; which means that in 2010 or 2011, there should have been some buzz if they produced more. Maybe she matured slowly, didn't lay, or the eggs didn't hatch...or maybe it was just a nice looking fluke. Time may tell...heck, Mike W. might tell, if somebody were to ask him.
 
Looks like a washed out gargoyle to me:shrug01:...

Neat stuff.
 
Harald, I agree about the lack of repeated results. That's what lead me to a possibility of a rec. Gene being involved that wasn't know originally. Maybe both parents where her and it showed through, but they haven't hit on the odds again, or the siblings paired since weren't het. Only time will tell, has anyone talked to Mike about this?
 
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