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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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Am I the only one who thinks of this ?.
BP'S are sooooooo damn frustrating at times !!.
What's wrong , just eat the tasty rat
for crying out LOUD.
I have owned a lot of different Colubrids, their eating
habits are pretty much all the same,
with the RARE exception.
Ball pythons can be so different from one animal
to the next ,, it's crazy :-/
 
If your ball python is fasting then first check your husbandry to make sure temps and humidity are correct. If all is well then offer a feeder less often, every 2-3 weeks instead of every week.

Ball pythons seem to be one of the few snakes that don't eat until they are grossly overweight. Colubrids, other pythons, and boas will eat until they have fat rolls and fatty liver disease shortens their lifespan.
 
Other than the tubs being a a little small , everything else is good.
My one ball pounds a rat every week and is growing nicely.
My other one has only taken 1 rat since I got her in April.
She is healthy and not losing weight but I just want her to get
On a normal feeding pattern.
I have a new snake I got a week ago, she is in shed right now so
I'm hoping she will take a rat for me soon.
 
This is the exact reason I don't own ball pythons anymore. They are beautiful and very nice looking snake with all the morphs but I agree they very frustrating to me. So I just opted to get out of them all together lol. Just eat the tasty rat!!! I love it lol
 
Tell me about it , I got sucked into all those awsome morphs.
Plus I love the thickness of a big ball python.
Soooooo I decided to give them a try again :-/ , it really is all
about being patient.This is a challenge for me !!!
 
I completely understand. Patience is not one of my strong suits. After years of keeping all sorts of snakes I found my home with boas. That are my favorite. I really like the Central American boas as they don't get huge 5-6 feet and are very reliable feeders. I feed them every ten days and it's like clockwork
 
Haha , maybe that's the route I should have went , 1 big snake instead
of 3 smaller ones ;-)
It seems snakes are like tattoos or potato chips, you can't stop at
just one....
 
That IS key for stretching a buck !!.
I have been offering fresh kill, at least
I can freeze it if they don't take it.
Live rats are $7 a pop in my neck of the
woods :-/
 
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