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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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Black pastel and pastel.

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Well I am getting these guys to breed to my Speer female in about two seasons maybe one but I doubt it. The first is a black pastel and the second is just a pastel. They r from breeding circle so I know they r of good quality.
 
Sorry it didnt let me edit my first post and i meant to my spider female.

The first is the black Pastel Male
the second is the regular pastel
They r both around 100grms
The third pic is of my spider female a few months ago.

First two pics are from johnathan at Breeding Circle!
 

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Nice!! How big is your spider female? She looks like she could be big enough to breed possibly, so you may be able to pair them up next season!
 
Actually i just weighed her.. she is barely gonna be at 900grms. I got this pic from the guy i got her from. she must have just eaten
 
Yea if she is 900g now you should definitely be able to pair them up next season if she eats well for you.
 
Oh she does! like there is no tomorrow.. She takes a small rat and 2 large mice each time and i think its cause its all i offer.. and i only had her for a week. she has eaten twice
 
If she is taking rats I'd try to lean away from mice. Bump her up a size to medium too. That's the smallest size I would feed her. :)

Let me know how she does!
 
alright thanks for the info Kelly!! :)
she is just a lil beast. Doesnt even take her long. once i drop it, its gone. Gonna try to get her to eat F/T though
 
No problem. Sounds like she could take to f/t quickly. I use to feed f/t until the feed bill got too expensive, now I breed my own rats, which I been doing the past 2 yrs. I spend $50 a month in aspen and rat food. So much cheaper and sometimes (especially in breeding season) they pay for themselves when I sell off my extras. I'm gonna have to get myself another rat rack soon though. This year I plan on hopefully holding back between 10-20 babies and then trading off the rest. Which means if all goes as planned ill have an extra 30 or more snakes added to my collection, which means more rats, lolz.
 
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