• 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.

Wanted LF gaboon viper

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Looking for CBB gaboon of 2024, 2025
Or any Naja species CBB same years, I have no prior experience but interested NO SPITTERS
Located in Wisconsin!
Only can do a $200 down payment at the moment but 2 weeks from now can do more
 
SymbaCat said:
just looking for a CBB gaboon I really enjoy hots and want to take it further only been keeping 3 months and been fine...
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Dude we’ve seen you in the Facebook groups. It’s a small community. I’ve seen you want a lancehead because you “think it looks cool”. I’ve seen your abysmal handling of a 12inch copperhead with a 4 foot hook… and watched you shake like a leaf holding said copperhead with a glove on. “I’ve been keeping for 3 months and been fine…” Are you seriously? You have next to - if not ZERO proper experience with hots, let alone something as serious as an lancehead or a gaboon. You’re going to get yourself tagged and permanently maimed/killed. Which in turn is going to ruin the hobby for the rest of us….
 
I’m not trying to be funny or mean, but 3 months is NOT enough experience for you to be keeping ANY species of Bitis or Naja. Please get some YEARS of keeping AND handling WITHOUT incident, before trying your hand with those 2 species. They WILL put you down if an accident occurs, or with the gabby, you WILL lose whatever it bit.
 
Officially Black said:
I’m not trying to be funny or mean, but 3 months is NOT enough experience for you to be keeping ANY species of Bitis or Naja. Please get some YEARS of keeping AND handling WITHOUT incident, before trying your hand with those 2 species. They WILL put you down if an accident occurs, or with the gabby, you WILL lose whatever it bit.
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well I realize the naja thing but seriously still just looking for a baby gaboon....
 
aidan0616 said:
Dude we’ve seen you in the Facebook groups. It’s a small community. I’ve seen you want a lancehead because you “think it looks cool”. I’ve seen your abysmal handling of a 12inch copperhead with a 4 foot hook… and watched you shake like a leaf holding said copperhead with a glove on. “I’ve been keeping for 3 months and been fine…” Are you seriously? You have next to - if not ZERO proper experience with hots, let alone something as serious as an lancehead or a gaboon. You’re going to get yourself tagged and permanently maimed/killed. Which in turn is going to ruin the hobby for the rest of us….
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I shake working with my retics I just reallllly admire snakes.... but thanks anyways just wish i could delete this... probs just gonna run my truck into a tree, just so over everything right now im stupid i know you dont have to rub it in....
 
SymbaCat said:
well I realize the naja thing but seriously still just looking for a baby gaboon....
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Holy shit. Do you even listen to anything anyone has said to you? Is your IQ even high enough for you to comprehend sentences or does it go in one ear and out the other? “Probably going to run my truck into a tree?” This proves my point dude. You’re immature and throwing a tantrum when you don’t get what you want. You have no business owning stuff like this that WILL ruin your life. You think we’re being assholes but it’s probably gonna SAVE your life. No one with any shred of common sense is going to sell to you dude…. You’re going to get tagged, end up on the news, which puts all of us in a bad light, which means more restrictions, in turn - screwing over all of us. I have absolutely no problem with people wanting to learn. I’d love the hobby to grow more. But you show no desire to learn, put in the hours and the work, and actually get comfortable with these things before just diving head first into higher level hots because “you think it’s cool”
 
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