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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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can anyone tell me an easier way to treat this than with a stomach tube? My girl is 10 ft and is about 50lbs. and she does NOT want to cooperate, she is still eating and fairly active, i just noticed her losing some weight so off to the vet we went,{its almost breeding time for her} and thats what came back from her fecal exam.My vet says the only way he knows to treat it is with a stomach tube,{so she cant spit it out} daily for 7-10 day's. {the tube is for the med's}. does anybody know of another treatment? Please help!!!??
Thanks,
Kris
 
If she is eating frozen/thawed the solution is fairly simple. You can buy a bag of (there are several sizes) empty gelatin casules (the size will depend on the amount of medicine to be administered) from you vet. Fill the gelatin capsules with the right amount of the medicine (I'm assuming it's a sulfa-based product). If it's powder is better than liquid as the gelatin capsules tend to dissolve in water (not immediately, but relatively fast). With a pair of sharp scissors cut open a small hole in the abdomen of the dead rat. Introduce the gelating capsule as deep as possible in it, apply pressure to the opening to close it, and feed it to her.

Regards.
 
This method isn't going to effectively address the dosage requierments. The med has to be given daily for a series of 7 to 10 days. Encapsulating the med inside the body of a rat is going to retard the DAILY availability. And, can you feed the snake a rat every day for the entire duration of the treatment?
 
This method isn't going to effectively address the dosage requierments. The med has to be given daily for a series of 7 to 10 days. Encapsulating the med inside the body of a rat is going to retard the DAILY availability. And, can you feed the snake a rat every day for the entire duration of the treatment?
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This method is been used in several species. A gelatin capsule inserted under the skin of a small (weanling rat) will be dissolved almost instantaneously. The fact is that you have to be carefully not to moisten with water as they will start dissolving right way. I have used it in the past with reluctant feeders filling the gelatin capsule with puppy pellets. It’s far better and easier than force feeding a mouse, and as it is almost all dry matter it provides more nutrients by weight. Feeding a weanling rat (or an adult mice for that matter) daily and for 10 days will not a problem for such a large snake, in fact she will probably still be hungry after the whole treatment. Believe me, it works.

Regards.
 
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