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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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Unexpected Litter - Nic Laddertail PH T+ X CA Dwarf Import (unknown genetics)

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For the last year I was completely discouraged with the hobby because a run of bad luck with animals. Just not excited about the hobby anymore...

Yesterday something crazy unexpected happened.
Went into my snake room to check my animals....but when I looked at my Nic Laddertail ph T+, I saw somethin by her face that looked like a slug. Opened the cage & saw about a dozen slugs & 4 still borns!?!?! This was her 1st litter, but a project I've been super excited about for the last 3yrs!
Needless to say, the 1 visable patterned baby was INSANE & also got 3 white babies!?!?! (T+/T+ snows?) Excited but sad they didn't live. This has been a project I've been waiting for since 2009!!! Dad is an Imported CA dwarf with unknown genetics. Both very cool snakes...always knew they would be an awesome pairing. Nice to know my predictions of this pair were spot on...although the babies looked nothing like I expected!!! Looks like I'm stickin to the hobby after all.

I could honestly say this was the miracle that got me back into the hobby...this is the reason I do this!

Had to share my story...thanks for reading!

Will post pics from my laptop in a few...bare with me! ;)
 
Here's some pics
 

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Yeah, thats to bad about the slugs and the stillborns, probably because it was her first litter as you mentioned. At least you weren't waiting 6 months for a litter of babies to be born, and then this happened.

So I guess there wasn't any mid body swelling or reluctance to feed during her pregnancy?
 
sorry to hear about the slugs/stills. A lot of times premature babies are light colored or have little pattern as the color and pattern are the last things to develop.

If you would like me to move this thread to the Boa Discussion forum please let me know.
 
Thanks guys.

The white babies had pattern but it's hard to see in pictures. =/

I'll be workin hard to prepare her for next season & hopefully she throws similar babies.

I tried to post pics of the parents but I'm havin a hard time doing it from the iPad.
 
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