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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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So six weeks ago my wife and I were offered a Columbian Red tail for very cheap, we did our research, and bam we brought her home, a week later I was talking to a friend and he had 3 corns he wanted to get rid of, so we brought an anery-snow stripe-albino female, a bloodred-Opal-stripe male, and a blizzard female corn home,just this morning I went to pick up a ball and a yellow anaconda. The conda was shocking. he has a better temperment than the Columbian!!!!The ball had some interesting marks, in a stripe straight down his back, but the people that had him swore he was normal. Oh well good deals for me. thanks for the forum
 
Scott, welcome!!!!!
Slow down a little and enjoy what you have. A lot of new snake owners buy a bunch of snakes and then wake up one morning and realize there is too much work and expense involved in keeping them, especially the larger boids and pythons.
I'm not saying this is going to happen to you, but it happens to some.
We're glad to have you here, welcome!
 
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lucille said:
Scott, welcome!!!!!
Slow down a little and enjoy what you have. A lot of new snake owners buy a bunch of snakes and then wake up one morning and realize there is too much work and expense involved in keeping them, especially the larger boids and pythons.
I'm not saying this is going to happen to you, but it happens to some.
We're glad to have you here, welcome!
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WELCOME SCOTT!! just like LUCILLE sead slow down till you feel things out with the herps you have. good luck
 
Welcome to the sickness! Thats how it starts, so hold on and enjoy the ride.
 
DAND said:
I highly recommend that you expand your knowledge before you expand your collection.
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Definitely agree. If you just got your first animal, you really need to take things slow and expand your knowledge on the species you do already have. Theres quite a bit that you may not realize you still need to know.

Do you know the proper treatment for RI? Scale Rot? Mouth Rot? How about Bites and other Health issues? Non Feeding and how to properly care for an animal in that kind of situation? Do you have a HERP vet on call if you have an emergency? or need help with a specific issue? Its not just how to care for these animals with an enclosed environment that you need to know, its the health and behavioral issues and general upkeep ( Not Housing/Feeding) that you really gotta get down.

Another example, Quarantine. Are all of these animals housed separately? Are they being watched for feeding/defication issues? Are they being held in a quarantine room, where the snakes have no contact with the others? ( That means you not handling one, then handling all the others?, and you not using tools used on one animal, then using those same tools on another)

Lots more things. Take it slow. Do the research and keep the animals you have for a good period of time before you get more. :) You really dont want your new hobby to turn into WORK. and you dont want to lose everything due to something you didnt know about.

Otherwise, WELCOME to the hobby, and Fauna. Enjoy, and learn!!! ( I do EVERY DAY!) :) We all start somewhere!
 
All of the above is great advice, so I will just say...

Hello and Welcome to Fauna.
 
This isn't my first rodeo with herps, I had 6 snakes when I got married, and then the spousial unit decided that we shouldn't have snakes when our child was born,she won that argument and the snakes went bye bye. This is our 1 time with Columbians and the Yellow anaconda, but so far so good. I have made quick friends with a local herp store owner that is absolutly wonderful for answering questions no matter how small or insignificant.

But thank you for your advice. I do appreciate anything and everything I can learn, no matter how small.
 
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