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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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these three came in from a trade, unfortunately they got lost in the mail for 2 1/2 days, and i was surprised they were all still alive, its been pretty cold here, and the heat pack was all juiced out

well, anyway my male tokay has been calling alot lately, so i decided to look for some females, and i found these, these are the biggest females i have ever seen personally, they are each 13 1/2 inches long and 148/152 grams, i think my male is going to have some fun :) i just need some names for them, haha,

this one is pretty calm, i was able to pick her up slowly out of the box, she did squeel but it was just a warning, she has lightened up from this photo, she is now an ash blue with bright orange spots

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this one is the spawn of satan...but what common tokay isnt? lol, she's the biggest and weighs 152 grams, she's enormous, and quick to bite

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and now theres this guy, i was not expecting him to be so big, from the photos sent to me he looked pretty small, but he weighs 86 grams and is one of the sweetest geckos i have
the pics were taken in a holding bin, i wasnt expecting him so i didnt have anything set up, but i went out and bought a few things, i need a few name suggestions for this big guy also

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I might just have to get me one of those tokays. I have not been bit in a couple weeks and I am due for a good bloody bite. :hehe:

Congrats on the new additions!!!
 
Rebel Dragons said:
I might just have to get me one of those tokays. I have not been bit in a couple weeks and I am due for a good bloody bite. :hehe:

Congrats on the new additions!!!
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hah, well luckily i've never been "seriously" bitten by one of mine, lol

chad, agreed!
 
Nice Tokays, I wish they weren't so evil, I would love to get a pair.

That Fattie is a "Fattie", how about naming him "Brownie"
 
Nice additions, big fan of fatties over here, got 6 of the little buggers myself.

Tokays have long been a fascination of mine, though I don't know if ever I'll own them!! lol...

Thanks for sharing!
 
I feel the same way about their disposition-although I do have one Tokay and I love looking at him

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I love tokays, I plan to get soem for my 55 tank this spring, all of the ones I have now are loose in the house for fallen food catchers lol
 
Wow really cool geckos.

As for names since the one tokay is "nice" and the other is "the spawn of Satan" you could name them Heaven and Hell :dgrin: . LOL

And as for the fat tail, hmm Stubby lol or something big that says "I'm a gentle giant, hug me." :rotflmao: LOL how about Boris
 
lol, i think for the tokays, since they are pretty fat...meatball and eggroll, lol
 
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