• 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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    Burmese Python Care Sheet v. 2.0 - Thank you, Harald Moore and Fauna Classifieds!

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    First Attempt at a Burmese Python Care Sheet v1.0

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    Downsizing the Collection

    I've finally admitted it to myself: Balls are cute and morph collecting is fun, but I'm much more interested in large constrictors and White-Lipped Pythons. And here's a chance for you to profit from my moment of self-awareness. First, there's Hiroyuki. He's a very nice 1.0 albino, who's...
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    I don't know if this will make cuteoverload.com, but...

    This meme has been making the rounds on various blogs: So I did a remixed version featuring Jailbait, my new 8-month old 0.1 White-Lipped Python:
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    Indigo Snakes in New York

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    Any other Leiopython fans here?

    I know that Harald has already been bitten by the White-Lipped Python bug (and has probably been bitten by his White-Lips quite a few times as well). Does anyone else here love those ill-tempered little beauties? I like a snake with some personality, and Oddjob (my male White-Lip) definitely...
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    My Male White-Lip is Still Looking for a Girlfriend

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    Kierkegaard (Hatchling Papuan Python) Photo

    Taken a few days ago.
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    Kierkegaard Eats!!! (Part Two)

    After dragging a rat fuzzy around Mr. K's cage for a while, and getting a couple of feeding strikes followed by immediate releases, i figured we'd give it a rest for a bit. Kierkegaard slid beneath his water dish: we left the rat fuzzy very close by, along with a mouse pink just in case he...
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    Wanted: adult female White-Lipped Pythons

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    Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...

    With much trepidation, I've decided to try my hand at keeping (and breeding) Ball Pythons. All the cool kids are doing it, and it doesn't require as much space as breeding Burms or Retics. So far I've got Hiroyuki, a 1.0 albino (around 200g). When the weather warms up I'm waiting on...
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    Pythons as Venomous Trainers: meet Oddjob

    I'm currently using Oddjob as my training snake for hot protocols. He's a true joy to hook and tail: the loving look in his eyes as he lashes out toward my face always warms my heart. He might not be venomous, but by God he sure wishes that he were. Here are a few shots of our instructor at...
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    Papuan Hatchling Feeding Issues (continued)

    On December 24, 2006 Kierkegaard, my hatchling Papuan python, ate a live rat fuzzy. (More precisely, he slept beside it until it was dead, then decided to eat it as I was removing it from the cage). This was the first thing he had eaten since I acquired him on November 26, 2006: I also...
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    Kierkegaard eats!

    On 12/23 I gave him a live rat fuzzy, then left him alone. On the morning of 12/24 I came in to find Kierkegaard sleeping next to a now-deceased but still uneaten rat pup. Later that morning I saw no further activity: Kierkegaard appeared to have lost interest and was now exploring his cage. To...
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    The Case of the Perpetually Picky Papuan Python

    At the last White Plains show (11/26) I picked up Kierkegaard, a hatchling Papuan Python (A. Papuana). He has yet to eat. If tease-fed, he will engage in some defensive strikes and has even thrown coils a couple times -- but he won't swallow the ferschlugginer thing. If the f/t item is left...
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    Inquiry: Busty Ball Pythons (Florida)?

    Has anybody here done business with Busty Ball Pythons of Deerfield Beach, Florida? It's run by somebody named "Dom" but that's all the information I can glean from the website and the Kingsnake ad.
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    Hiroyuki ate!

    A little more than a week after he arrived at Casa AP Economy Rack, my albino ball Hiroyuki ate two f/t hopper mice! (Yes, I know he could take bigger prey. I have a metric buttload of hoppers in my freezer; besides, I'd rather feed a couple of small items than one over-large and...
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    Starting a collection

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    Now I've gone and done it...

    An AP rack is on its way, and I've placed a deposit on a beautiful little 1.0 '06 albino from John Martino. After years of holding out, I'm going to try my hand at ball python morphs. Now all I need is a nice het albino 05 female, an female 05 spider and a breeder normal female and I should...
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    Oddjob in a good mood

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