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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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AITA? Was sold an egg bound animal

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Curious about others thoughts on the situation I'm currently faced with. I purchased a proven het pied female ball python the end of October. The seller had good reviews and seemed like an upstanding guy. Anyways, snake comes in. Get her settled in and things are going as planned. She ate once but refused the following week. That second week I go in and she's sitting on an egg. It's obviously bad, hard as a rock and nasty looking with a bit of blood on it. I check her over and there's another one still in there. I leave her for the day so she can lay the other one. Nothing. I try gently manipulating it but she's clearly bound. The vet had come to the conclusion that it's Most likely a twisted oviduct. The guy says she wasn't bred this year and showed no signs of being gravid or anything. The vet is recommending either surgery or euthanasia after he tries a few things and nothing happens. The entire time I'm in contact with the breeder who reads, but doesn't respond to any of my messages until I tell him about the possibility of euthanasia at which point he says he has another animal he can send me along with a return shipping label and he wanted me to send her back this past week and he'll take care of it. I never heard anything further. I messaged him this past Tuesday evening to ask if I was still shipping her out this week. Nothing. He read my message within 30 minutes of receiving it but never responded. I've messaged him a couple more times this week basically telling him we need to resolve this asap. Again, read it but never responded.
At this point I'm going to schedule the surgery and get her all fixed up. But am I wrong to seek some sort of refund for the animal? Obviously she will never breed again and I'll find get a good pet home.
 

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Obviously you are not top on the priority list for the seller. If I am reading your timeline correctly, you have been trying to get this resolved since October or November. That is not indicative of a speedy resolution, if any at all.

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for any assistance from him, and assume you are on your own concerning the outcome. In my opinion, anyway. You have to do what you believe is best for you and the animal and then get on with your life, considering this a lesson learned about the seller.

It is possible he didn't know, since it appears the retained eggs escaped your notice too, when you first received the animal. But still....
 
I think whether you are justified in pursuing a refund hinges entirely on the conditions of the transaction (terms of sale) and guarantees that the seller offered to apply to that transaction. If they offered any sort of health guarantee that may cover this situation, you're justified in demanding compensation.

Whether you are justified in leaving bad reviews for the seller wherever possible hinges on their statement "he wanted me to send her back this past week and he'll take care of it" which hasn't come true.

A bit off topic -- it sounds as if you have a decent herp vet in your area. Would you mind mentioning who it is?
 
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