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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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I bought this gorgeous pair of hypos from Jim Stelpflug with SW WI reptiles and they laid a clutch of 7 eggs. 1 went bad, but so far 5 have hatched. I got what appears to be 4 hypos and 1 light grey baby. I will try to take a pic tomorrow, but I warn you my camera takes fuzzy closeups. I have no idea what the parents are het for.

I'm thinking it's a ghost? I really have no idea, I suck at genetics and identification. To me it's just a grey corn :)

any ideas? thanks

Missy
 
Picture didn't show up...though remember with cornsnakes, it can be hard to tell as babies, unless you know what the parents are. Okeetee babies look nothing like they do as adults, and that could hold true for others....

Do you happen to know the parents genetics?
 
Missy, digital cameras take very blurry pictures if there is any kind of movement when you snap it, especially close up. It must be slow shutter speed. Try using a tripod or setting the camera on a hard surface for closeups. If the camera has a delayed shot even better.
Jake
 
Does your grey hatchling look anything like these? If so, it is probably a ghost (these are all ghosts). If so, then you know that both your hypo adults are het amel. The percentages sound right for this as well (hypo het amel X hypo het amel = 3/4 hypo and 1/4 ghost offspring).
 
uhh Susan...

...I think you mean they'd be het for Anerythrism "A"...Anery A+Hypomelanism=Ghost ;*)
 
They do look very similar to what you have pictured!

So they will loose their color then and grow up to be pretty much white colored snakes?

Pretty cool,... though I don't think I'll be keeping them all I haven't the space.

thanks
 
Missymonkey - No, they won't lose their color. Ghosts can actually have alot of color. Here's a pic of an adult ghost with lots of color.

cka - It's a matter of terminology. Normal het amel = Normal het for anery. The addition of the "for" makes the difference. I always used to name hets as to what they would produce, but was corrected several times to name them as to what gene was het. ie, a normal with this genetics (RrBB) is called het amel (the gene that produces red color is het to NOT produce red color = anery). Now, if I'm still naming hets wrong, I wish everyone will make up their minds! It's confusing enough as it is!!:bandhead0
 
Very nice pic!

Mine look a little more greyish than those do. But who knows what will happen after a few sheds!
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Ok I had some spare time so I looked up a few pics of ghosts on Richs site. I see what you guys mean about all that color! Seems like a misleading name to me! But corns can be very misleading too.

Everyone has finally hatched and it looks like I have my hands full of corns!!! Now the question is how many and which ones do I really want to keep? Easier said than done!
 
Missy, if you go over to Rich's site, Serpenco, and look up the morphs, he has about 8 pictures of each one there. Ghosts can vary quite a bit. Most are grey-ish but some are more brown. Maybe you can do some comparison there. I've found his pictures to be quite helpful. ;)
 
Willis said:
cka - It's a matter of terminology. Normal het amel = Normal het for anery. The addition of the "for" makes the difference. I always used to name hets as to what they would produce, but was corrected several times to name them as to what gene was het. ie, a normal with this genetics (RrBB) is called het amel (the gene that produces red color is het to NOT produce red color = anery). Now, if I'm still naming hets wrong, I wish everyone will make up their minds! It's confusing enough as it is!!:bandhead0
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Well I think your messin up your short names. Amel = Amelenistic which is the lack of black coloring. Anery = Anerythristic lack of red coloring. If it's het amel that means it carries the gene to remove the black pigment. If it was het anery that means it carries the gene to remove the red coloring. Well that's an easy way about it anyway. And we won't get into the weirdness of lavender, carmel, or charcol..........
 
badish good news

My female hypo was being a picky eater for the last few weeks. I thought nothing of it because she'd done this in the past. However when I went to clean out her moist peat moss box I discovered five eggs!

Go figure! Just like before she didn't show at all before she laid.

I am slightly concerned about these though. They are smaller and were dimpled. But I've got them in an incubator and they seem to be plumping up. Who knows.

Now I just have my hands full of baby corns with more possibly on the way. And I don't know what to do with them all!

Breeding is fun until you realize that you'll have a dozen or more babies at the end of it all!
 
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