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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.

Gracie is dead

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My gorgeous male red tegu Gracie is gone. I came home to find him under the basking bulb dead. No, I don't know what happened. He's been agitated ever since the theft of Noah when someone broke into the outdoor pen. But there was no sign that anything was wrong, and now he's dead.
I'm really devestated and upset, my cousin died yesterday, my AC blew out yesterday, and now my pet is gone. Noah is still missing, and I can't even get Animal Control to return my calls, and life just sucks right now.
 
Theresa.. OMG

I don't even know what to say. Nothing any of us say will help. Just know that our hearts go out to you .

How is Groo Handling this?

Much love to you Theresa

*hugs*

If there is any way I can help, just let me know sweetie
 
Given the recent events, are you suspecting foul play?
 
Miss Tuniwha said:
Theresa.. OMG

I don't even know what to say. Nothing any of us say will help. Just know that our hearts go out to you .
Much love to you Theresa
*hugs*
If there is any way I can help, just let me know sweetie
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I couldn't have said it any better....truly sorry Theresa.
 
Jeesh, Theresa, that really sucks. I wish I had something more profound to say than "That sucks" but that's about it.
 
I spoke with both UF and the State diagnostics lab. Both said the freezing probably destroyed any chance to see anything. The UF lab now charges a minimum of $450 for a gross necropsy. The state places starts at only $50.
After pricing shipping(shipyourreptiles) I then called back to the state facilty and talked to one of the actual doctors. He basically said that they wouldn't be able to tell much, but if I wanted to send the body I could. Checking their TOS stuff, they are allowed to just incinerate the body and say "Sorry, the body was frozen" and do nothing more.

So I'm thinking it over right now. I don't know that I want to bother sending Gracie's body off($30) to pay for them to just incinerate him($50). It's also a personal thing, that if they are just going to dispose of the body, I think I'd prefer to "dispose" of him myself in a way that I feel is better and more appropriate than chucking him into a incinerator.
Before anyone else asks, I did have to freeze him. Since my AC blew out on friday, my friedge(not the greatest) would not keep him "fresh" and I had to put him into the freezer. I knew at the time that it might skew any results I might be able to get, but the detrioration would have happened as well in the refridgerator, since he had the misfortune to die on early saturday, which is inconvienant to the offices that can examine him.
Grrr.
 
They can't look for chemicals? Presuming it was poisoned, does freezing still ruin results for that?

For people that are reading this and aren't aware, freezing destroys tissues in many of the organs rendering them useless in a necropsy.

It is absolutely vital that if you suspect IBD, that you DO NOT freeze the body as this will ruin any ability to find inclusion bodies.
 
I don't see why freezing would bother poisons.. but the body actually does break down chemicals and poisons, so I'm not really qualified to say one way or the other. The guy was pretty dismmissive of being able to see anything, so... I just haven't decided.
 
I don't have anything to say that hasn't been said already. Just know that my thoughts are with you. A lot of us can sympathize/empathize with you in the loss(es). It never helps to have all this stuff happen at once. Just know that my (our) thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
 
I forgot to mention, I found a large dead rat in my front yard yesterday. Possibly poisoned? No way to tell exactly what killed it, is it just a coincidance?
 
I have to agree with Alicia on some kind of camera or monitoring system.
It could be coincidence, but do you really want to take that chance with the rest of your animals? If someone is poisoning your animals you need to find out sooner rather than later, and file reports, prosecute--NAIL THEIR BUTT TO THE WALL!
Before you have any more "coincidences."
 
Sorry, I didn't realize I had not mentioned it in this thread. I was already talking to a friend about cams, and will be setting up security cams pretty soon.
I take my animal's safety very seriously. I'm speaking of what I can PROVE, and I don't want to sound like a paranoid crazy. But I am paranoid, especially when it comes to people and my pets. That's why none of my dogs are ever left outside, and why the lizard pen was set up inside a chain link fenced yard.
 
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