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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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Hello all!
I'm not sure am allowed to post this here or not and if not, I apologize. I posted this in the adoption section of the website with no luck, and I thought maybe it'd get a bit more exposure here.

I have a male patternless gecko that I need to find a home for. Long story short, I bought him as a "female" and it turned out to be a male. I don't have the cage space for him, and I don't have any interest in breeding him anyway, as he is missing toes and a tail and his hipbones stick out farther than normal, and I don't know if it's congenital or not.

Anyway, he is real docile and would be fine for a kid's pet. I just need to get him a home asap. If you--or anyone you know--wants him, please let me know. I had posted him with an adoption fee, but if I can be assured he is going to a good home I will waive the fee; I just put a fee on him in the first place so he wouldn't go to someone just looking for a handout.

Thanks!
 
Kate, call a local school, alot of kindergarden classes will take them for telling the children about nocturnal animals.
 
dragonflyreptiles said:
Kate, call a local school, alot of kindergarden classes will take them for telling the children about nocturnal animals.
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I thought about that, but with school only in session part of the year, what will happen to the gecko after the school year? I remember in grade school, it was always a mad dash at the end of the year to figure out what to do with the class pet. I don't want him haphazardly whisked off to someone who doesn't know how to care for him...
 
I donated a few reptiles to some schools last year and made sure that the class it went to, the teacher would care for it during off school times. And I made sure to ask them all of the set up info to make sure they knew how to care for them.
 
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