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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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Ceylonese as pick up only sales ???

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I have enquired with two breeders of ceylonese as far as availability. One breeder (A) doesn't have any yet this year and the other does. The one breeder (B) with says they can only be picked up and not sent state to state. Breeder A has never heard of this and ships his all the time.

I looked up molurus on the FWS site and it lists the Indian python as the only ESA listed. This matches up with Indian python, CA sales only, ads seen on kingsnake in the past.

Now as far as my state, NY, the Ceylonese is the only legally kept molurus as of post Jan 2005. The Burma and Indian are listed as illegal to own, breed, etc.

Am I missing anything here, or could breeder B be under the impression that the Ceylonese python is classified similarly to the Indian?

I've asked them and waiting their response, have sought info from fellow Fauna folks.

Thanks,
Alan
 
I own one. I've always thought that they can not be shipped. That's what I was told when I purchased him.
 
The FWS listed the date that the Indian Python got added as an endangered species as 1976. It might be that the Ceylonese didn't have its own species name at the time and some may view it as follwoing under the Indian?

As of yesterday, there is no Ceylonese listed on the site. Hopefully I'm correct and get some shipped to me when available.

Anyone with personal conenctions to FWS or related positions?
 
USFWS does not classify pimbura as a valid subspecies. For purposes of the ESA, they consider it to be just a locality variant of the Indian python.
 
Ken,

Thanks that definitely makes since then. So is shipping allowable with permits, etc?

Alan
 
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