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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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Hatchlings?

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Since this is the first clutch I ever produced I was wondering if they are always little strikers when first hatched and if they grow out of it(I know not all have the same personality)or do they always wanna eat your face? Mine just wanna tear me apart all the time!:D
 
LOL...that's pretty normal in my experiences. For the most part, they (mine, at least) tend to calm down by the time they reach 300-350 grams (most of them, anyway). I also don't handle hatchlings very often so that may mean that mine take longer than others to become more tame.
 
It could be me i'd be pretty skidish too if I was 54g and had a 6ft 4in 300lbs man walkin up to me!! lol Some are ok and others want to tear me up! lol thanks for the info.
 
Nothing makes me happier than to see new hatchlings that strike everything close to them.
I have a friend who is having a real hard time getting his hatchlings to eat since most of his clutch is docile and carefree, and unfed :(

Mine have all mellowed by the time they hit 300 to 400 grams :)
 
I agree. I haven't hatched any myself yet, but I looooooove when my new additions have an attitude. Great feeders :) Not to mention hilarious when a 90g lil snake scares the you know what outta my wife lol.
 
I love it when they are lil strikers! Its adorable imo and I get a good giggle outta it.
 
All the hatchlings I have had in the past were little monsters. They liked to strike at anything, I had very few that didn't like to strike.
 
Feeding question

Got a feeding question for you guys should I give them live? I want to get them eating F/T pink rats I tried to get them to take some F/T pinks today and none of them would take them they struck(go figure :D) at them but wouldn't take should I offer them live to get them started never did hatchlings before so and help would be appreciated!

Thanks
 
I've heard of some people starting hatchlings with f/t pinks but I've never tried, I start with live and stay with live, lol.
 
The nice thing with the live thing is I got a mouse and rat farm like 10 min away right across from my dads house so I don't got to go far plus the guy is a good friend of mine! Guess I'll run to over and get some! I just wanted to go with frozen cause its easier!
 
I start mine on live mice hoppers for their first meal and go a bit bigger their next meal if and only IF they look like they need something a bit bigger. From mice I move to rat pups asap.
 
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