  This note is an attempt with the open conjecture $8$ proposed by the authors
of\cite{G. LADAS} which states: Assume $\alpha,\beta, \lambda \in [0,\infty)$.
Then every positive solution of the difference equation : \begin{equation*}
z_{n+1}=\frac{\alpha+z_{n}\beta +z_{n-1}\lambda}{z_{n-2}},\quad n=0,1,\ldots
\end{equation*} is bounded if and only if $\beta=\lambda$. We will use a
construction of sub-energy function and properties of Todd's difference
equation to disprove that conjecture in general.
