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Posted 12/19/2024.
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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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Serpwidgets
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Serpwidgets
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Serpwidgets
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This sunkissed caramel is kinda plainish looking right now, but it will be interesting to see how it colors up as it grows. Ambers can get quite a lot of yellow on them. 
As far as I know, this is the only sunkissed caramel in the world right now.
As far as I know, this is the only sunkissed caramel in the world right now.
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Serpwidgets
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I don't know, Serp. I think I really dig the Sunkissed Caramel! Any idea what you're going to price those at?
The joined twins are certainly funky!
Of course, the Pewter is to die for!
Any idea what you're going to price those at?The joined twins are certainly funky!
Of course, the Pewter is to die for!
Serpwidgets
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Here's a hypo pewter that Hurley hatched from a different bloodline.
Comparing this to the one at the beginning of the thread, you can see how much variation there can be between different lines of diffused/blood corns. I really like this end of the spectrum, too.
Comparing this to the one at the beginning of the thread, you can see how much variation there can be between different lines of diffused/blood corns.
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Serpwidgets
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And here's the Sunkissed Lavender. AFAIK Rich Z is the only other person to hatch these so far. Unfortunately this one hatched out very tiny and had a very weak spine, so it was euthanized. We'll try again next year. I think these will be at least as pretty as hypo lavs.
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Aawwwww, those Babies are SO cute!!! Hey where do you live?? Can I come to your house sometime!? LOL 
Those "twins", are they gonna live?? Poor guys! How does that happen? Is it from all the inbreeding??
Those "twins", are they gonna live?? Poor guys! How does that happen? Is it from all the inbreeding??starwarsdad
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#5 reminds me of a copperhead. Really cool little animal!!
Serpwidgets
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These twins were not viable and were put down immediately.Leighanne said:Aawwwww, those Babies are SO cute!!! Hey where do you live?? Can I come to your house sometime!? LOL
Twinning seems to be predisposed in this female, just like some humans seem to be more prone to twinning. She (a snow het hypo motley) had twins in 2003 when bred to an unrelated male (lavender het amel) and had these when bred to a different unrelated male, a hypo charcoal.
I don't think that the birth defects we find in our herps are necessarily related to inbreeding, and I haven't noticed a higher rate when the hatchlings are the result of inbreeding. There's a certain chance that things will just go wrong in any species. In humans the rate is significant, for example:
· In China the rate was 13.1 per 1000 births (1.3%) in 1987 and 1996.
· In developing countries it is approx 78.6/1000 or 7.86%.
· In Arizona in 1995 there were 19/1000 (1.9%) with 0.6% of births being stillbirths.
Given the hundreds of hatchlings we've produced here and only a handful of birth defects, it seems we're actually lower than that rate.
Leighanne
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Well, Thanks for the education. Fauna inspires me! I want to be a Breeder, but I don't know! I couldn't euthanize anything! I would be crying to much if this happened to me! I like to Baby my Babies. I wouldn't have the heart! 
Mary-Beth is KoRny
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Leighanne said:Well, Thanks for the education. Fauna inspires me! I want to be a Breeder, but I don't know! I couldn't euthanize anything! I would be crying to much if this happened to me! I like to Baby my Babies. I wouldn't have the heart!
I wouldn't hesitate for a second to euthanize a hatchling with organs on the outside or one that was kinked so badly that it wouldn't be able to eat. It's putting the poor thing out of it's misery. I wouldn't have the heart to let it continue to live in pain or starve to death slowly.
Mary-Beth is KoRny
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Beautiful babies Serp. The non-diffused blood is my favorite.