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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.

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Matsuro

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My name is Tiarra (Tia for short, please). I live in Florida. I have always loved the Sugar Gliders. The first time seeing one was on TV on Animal Planet, watching Steve Irwin save one from this wire or something.

I was looking at Sugar Gliders when I came across Fennec Foxes on a breeder's website. They sparked my interest so I decided to look into them.

Many on another forum don't really approve of me wanting a Fennec, though I know in my end its my choice. They believe a wild animal should be left in the wild, etc. BUT, this is really what I want.

I just don't know how many would act when in public and they see me with one. I don't have any vet's near me that I don't think would like the idea to much either. There is this one vet though that works with Sugar Gliders. So I may ask contact her one day.

So can anyone tell me about Fennec's? What are they like personally? I know a animal is never truly tamed, but has anyone ever had any close calls with them before? Like them biting you or something? I just want to know how social and devoted to their human(s) are they?

I have a Oscar and a gold wish and a dog. Vickki lives with my grandmother while I live in a apartment. She's a Rottweiler that is 6yrs old and 6 months.

I'm a student, I just earned my GED and plan on going to school for two different degrees or certificates. One program will take 10 months.

Ask any questions you want, just not to personal please.
 
Matsuro said:
My name is Tiarra (Tia for short, please). I live in Florida. I have always loved the Sugar Gliders. The first time seeing one was on TV on Animal Planet, watching Steve Irwin save one from this wire or something.

I was looking at Sugar Gliders when I came across Fennec Foxes on a breeder's website. They sparked my interest so I decided to look into them.

Many on another forum don't really approve of me wanting a Fennec, though I know in my end its my choice. They believe a wild animal should be left in the wild, etc. BUT, this is really what I want.

I just don't know how many would act when in public and they see me with one. I don't have any vet's near me that I don't think would like the idea to much either. There is this one vet though that works with Sugar Gliders. So I may ask contact her one day.

So can anyone tell me about Fennec's? What are they like personally? I know a animal is never truly tamed, but has anyone ever had any close calls with them before? Like them biting you or something? I just want to know how social and devoted to their human(s) are they?

I have a Oscar and a gold wish and a dog. Vickki lives with my grandmother while I live in a apartment. She's a Rottweiler that is 6yrs old and 6 months.

I'm a student, I just earned my GED and plan on going to school for two different degrees or certificates. One program will take 10 months.

Ask any questions you want, just not to personal please.

Welcome to Fauna. :)

My question? Have you researched any Fennec sites and talked to Fennec owners? What sorts of challenges do they describe and how would you respond to those yourself?
 
Yes, I have been to many Fennec websites. They don't list to much though, that is the problem and why I came to this type of forum for information.

Though they do list problems with certain Vacs like Rabies and Distemper. They must be KILLED vacs only because live vacs can cause problems.

They feed a Canine diet of dry and wet dog food. I was thinking on Nutro, Solid Gold, Wysong, Authority, Timberwolf Organics, or Innova (Evo).

They have problems with them with Litter training and house breaking and with keeping them in their collars and halters when outside when they get spooked.

I was thinking for the litter training/house breaking on using puppy training pads since they are small enough to be able to use them, since it has a scent that attracts pups, it may help.

For the collar/halter, I think on looking into the gentle halters and the X-small and Small sizes. I think that the people might have them to loose and that is why they are able to get out of them.
 
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