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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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WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST ON BUYING HET FOR ALBINO.

GREGORY J HALL

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I am looking in to getting a pair of 100% het for albino ball pythons for a future project,what would you recommend (breeders,w/paper work or shows)? Also what are the $$$ going for now for het animals?Just looking in to getting some nice animals as pets & to breed possible albino.
 
Use the BOI

I would suggest using the BOI to research anybody that you are considering purchasing hets from. However, you need to be a little discerning when reading through the threads.
I myself would only buy hets from reputable big name breeders and a handful of smaller breeders. In either case you should make sure you get genetic papers just in case you change directions and want to resell the animals before proving them out yourself.
 
I've always liked asking for signed picture IDs when purchasing heteros. If in the future you want to sell the animal you can prove it's the same one. Not that a picture ID will prevent you from being scammed (HCE sold microchipped fake hets) but is nice to have. The problem when buying at a show is that the likelihood of getting a picture ID of the animal is near "0". The bottomline is that you need to purchase from a trusted source as the paperwork is as good as the person who issued it.

And don't go by price, go by reputation and years in the morph market!
 
Go with someone who has been around a while and has a good reputation. Still no guarentee but it stacks the odds in your favor.
Whatever you do, make sure the snake matches the photo ID. That is a bit tougher at a show since it's crowded. I bought a het albino a few years back and got paperwork. When I got home, I realized the snake in the photo was not the snake I paid for. I called and was told he would ship the correct paperwork. Never did and dropped off the face of the earth. Later I came to find out he only had a few hets but made a bunch of copies of the paperwork (easy to do with a scanner and printer :angry: ) and matched up CH babies with the copied paperwork. I have had a very expensive pet normal ever since.
 
Guys thanks for the advice Im scared of getting ripped off too! I would have a proplem purchasing at a show I may be better off getting a albino male & het female to start my project.
 
Check with Joe Dembinski, he is a trustworthy guy and not so long ago he had a large het female for sale.

Regards.
 
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