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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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gone off crickets.......:(

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hey all haven't spoke on here for awhile but both of my lizards have gone off crickets :hot:
and all they eat are those......erm....them worms that turn into moths sorry i forgot the name but are they ok for them to have of do they have too much protein
 
Silkworms or waxworms? They are ok feeders. Waxies have a high fat contnet and slkies have a good amount of protein. I supplement with both. Have you tried mealworms or roaches instead of crickets? Sometimes they just need a change.
 
i have tried mealies before and my female liked them just not my male....my male is soo picky
 
Can you get these worms from a store....do they stay about 1" long? If so, then you're basically feeding your geckos twinkies (waxworms).

If you ordered the worms from someone, and you have to feed them a special diet of mulberry, and they get HUGE before turning into a moth, then you have silkworms. Those are ok for a staple diet.

Mealworms and roaches are good alternatives. My girl prefers mealworms, and my guy LOVES roaches. Best thing about roaches....no noise!!
 
yeah i have found out now that they are wax worms.....is that ok to feed them as there main diet?
 
Nope....they are the crack of the gecko world...and not very good for them. It's likely to be difficult to get them off. Trust me, it's better in the long run if you do.

I recommend going cold turkey. Most geckos are fine if they refuse to eat for a few days...which the probably will. Eventually they will get hungry enough to eat something better for them.

Trying to wean them off the worms doesn't work. They'll just eat the waxworms, and leave everything else in hopes for more waxworms.
 
What about trying butterworms? I know they are similiar to a wax worm, but I dont think quite as fattening. Turbo likes those. He wont eat a wax worm. Go figure! lol He wont eat silk worms either. He doesnt even really like crix, but I think its cuz they are harder to catch then mealies.......

Good luck! Id get em off those wax worms. There are a few things you can try like others have said: mealies, crix, roaches, silkworms, superworms, and I suggest butterworms. You can get those from www.herpfood.com I have ordered from them before and was pretty satisfied.

Virginia
 
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