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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.

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    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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OK, My eggs are starting to hatch! My first ever!

The first clutch was 11 strong and only 3 came through without spoiling. They were laid by a Reverse Okeettee female which was bred to a Snow Male.
What are these to be called?

THe next two clutch were laid by me Amel Females that were bred to the same Snow Male. These are due to hatch in two weeks. Again, What do I call these babies?

I see all sorts of different morphs called all sorts of names and I really do not want to mis-represent these in any way if I decide to sell or trade them.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Jim Dixon
Herp Kingdom
 
reverse okeetee's are called thus because they generally have thick white around their saddles...the amel form of okeetee's which have thick black. If they're showing a lot of white around thier saddles, call em reverse okeetee het anery. The others would be amelanistic het anery. You could also say het snow, it seems to be a personal preference....half of the genetics for snow are visible, so it's obviously not het for amel, it is amel. So I would just say het anery. To me a het snow animal is a normal kid carrying the recessive genes that make snow...amel and anery.

When in doubt, just say what the parents were and provide pics of parents and their offspring for those who are interested....this way you aren't misrepresenting, merely showing them to be what they are.

Good luck with your kids...the first clutches are always exciting, and I still get excited every year when my girls lay.   <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>
 
OK,
The first two have hatched.

The first is orange and looks alot like the mother (reverse okettee).

The second, however, is really neat!! It looks like a pinkie! No other color except two shades of pink! Reaaly cool looking!

Keep an eye out for pics!

Any ideas what I am to call this one??

I plan on keeping the pink baby from this litter and rainsing it for the future. Maybe I'll breed it to an Anery. Wonder what would come of that??

Your suggestions and advice are welcomed and appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim Dixon
Herp Kingdom
 
Jim,

the pink one is a SNOW!  Congratulations.  Turns out your girl is het anery, too.

I'm not suprised.  One of the girls I got from the same breeder as your girls turned out to be het amel and anery too...I got amels, anerys and snows out of a clutch I thought would be all normals!

Sorry about your bad luck with the clutches...I'm sure you'll do better next year.

Jason & Kassi
 
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