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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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Just out of curiosity...

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This is really out of plain curiosity, as I don't have any plans for her right now...It's just something that has been bugging me since I got her, and especially since she started producing babies

I have a female leo who appears to be just a regular normal. However, When I first bought her, the breeder told me she was from a tang line, and it wasn't too difficult to believe, since she looked like this....

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However, those spots filled in, and she now looks like this:



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Now...even when bred to this guy:



She produces Little ones that look like this at first:



and this


So....what are the chances of getting some tang babies if she is bred with a tang male? Is she from a tang line, and what would need to be done to be able to produce nice babies from her? In the future I might want to dabble with it...but for now...I don't plan to...but just out of curiosity....??? Sorry to bug you guys :oops:
 
A lot of females will gain spots and lose color intensity with age and the rigors of breeding. Looking at her babies its clear that she probably did come from a tang lineage. I think that your chances are good of producing some very attractive offspring if she was paired with a tang male.

-Alice
 
Pair her up with a very nice tang male. Go all out, don't skimp on the male. She does have tang in her, it is visual, but if you get a very very orange screaming male, its going to make her babies a bit more orangey :) The best way to explain line bred traits is you breed two adults together and the babies color TENDS to fall in between that of the mother and father.

Does that make sense? :)
 
:) yep, as much sense as it will make to me lol :D Thanks for the replies, guys. As soon as I have space I will most likely give it a shot...Actually, I know I will cause curiosity as to what I can produce will kill me if I don't. Darn, why don't I have somewhere to put them??? :) Thanks again :)
 
Nice stripe down the back of that first baby; they're pretty :)
 
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