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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

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    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

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    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

Fire at Vin Russo's Facility

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I just saw this on FB. The bolded text is from a GoFundMe fundraiser. I won't post the link since that's against site rules but you can find it using a search engine.

Early in the morning on Saturday July 19th, Vin Russo’s Boa and Python facility was reduced to ashes in just a matter of moments. Our family has suffered a devastating loss after an electrical fire destroyed everything. Vin spent the last 37 years building and dedicating his life's work to what was lost in an instant. We are heartbroken over the loss of our animals, some of which were with Vin for over 30 years.

He is safe from the tragedy yet we face an uncertain future. The liability insurance policy does not cover the animals, equipment or even the cleanup of the rubble and the deceased. Our family is now faced with the task of rebuilding our lives. Our family is reaching out to the community that Vin has known and been a part of his whole life.


If you have a locality boa there's a significant chance it's from bloodlines that Vin Russo worked with.
 
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