• 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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    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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WOOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE. THE. THE COOLEST THING EVERRRR!!!

IM getting eggs RIGHT. NOW. OH. MY GOD HOW COOOOOL!!!!! Pics ..... oh man PICS. * then i will leave her alone :) *
 
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She was NOT happy..... Thats it. No more till shes done. I might as well go get her a rat for tomorrow.
 
Oh, yeah... HA. This is my Het albino girl bred by a Proven Het Albino male from Clay Davenport, Shes the one that layed a surprise clutch of three eggs for me last year at around 900 grams.

:) Shes a trooper let me tell you. I felt four follicles this year. Lets see if i know how to count em!
 
She Finished about 10 minutes ago. I just removed the eggs, and snapped some pics of them in the eggbox. All four are fertile! ( maybe a little longer, i just havent been BUGGING her :) ) It was neat to watch though.
 
Congrats, Alicia!!
 
Congrats, Alicia! My first for the year were laid on Saturday (eight of them!). It's always GREAT to see everyone excitement over the breeding season! :)
 
Miss Tuniwha said:
and.. you thought you were anxious waiting for her to drop.. the REAL fun begins now!!
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( hey, im using multi quote! LOL)

I dont MIND this part as much as the biting your fingernails bit of IF they took! At least now they are here! This part is just me learning to be PATIENT. Though i definitely think the last week is going to be so so so nervewracking hoping to get even ONE bino!!!

TripleMoonsExotic said:
Congrats, Alicia! My first for the year were laid on Saturday (eight of them!). It's always GREAT to see everyone excitement over the breeding season! :)
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Congrats Steph!!! and Thanks! It was totally the coolest thing to have a female in a rack next to you start laying while youre there!
 
You should have tried to record it! I would have if we hadn't been walking out the door to go out for breakfast when I found her laying.
 
TripleMoonsExotic said:
You should have tried to record it! I would have if we hadn't been walking out the door to go out for breakfast when I found her laying.
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I dont have anything to record with really. An old camera, but, it needs light and does not see things well. :) Thats a good idea though!

Next year! I could get a little PC video cam! :thumbsup:
 
TripleMoonsExotic said:
You should have tried to record it! I would have if we hadn't been walking out the door to go out for breakfast when I found her laying.
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yeah, I lucked out last year (my FIRST year too) and actually watched one of my snakes lay.. so I took step by step photos, AND a short video of one of the eggs being laid.


was a really cool start!
 
Yay for Alicia!!! I can't wait till I get to have that experience, congrats!!
 
Sweeeeeeet, 4 nice big fat eggs!!!! Look like they have some nice size to them. Congrats Alicia!!!
 
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