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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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Has anybody here ever worked with helemted geckos (Tarentola chazaliae)? My bests friends mom owns several small privatly owned pet stores and she just recieved a 1.3 group of them. She is selling them for 80$ each, but she offered the group to me for 150$, as long as I breed them out next season, and hook her up with 1/2 the young once they are ready.

Seems like a good deal $ wise, but how hardy are they? Simple or hard to care for? And how about breeding? Any info would be a huge help. I found a couple care sheets...but the don't say very much at all.

Thanks.
 
Helmeted geckos are not too hard to take care of, if you understand their needs. First of all, you want to make sure you are dealing with captive bred stock. Wild caught geckos tend to do poorly.
As for their set-up, they can be kept in pretty small enclosures. I keep a trio in a 5 gallon, and my baby in a 2.5 gallon. I use play sand for substrate, and provide some rocks for them to climb on. They also like some good hiding spots. For these, I just take some clay flower pots and break them up with a hammer, and put the smaller pieces in for them to hide under.
Helmeted geckos live along the coast of Morocco, so they actually appreciate a little humidity. I keep a shallow water bowl present all the time, but I also mist them with room temperature water. This is the main way they drink-by licking droplets off their face. I mist my baby 2-3 times daily, and my adults once daily.
They do best if fed every day(I use crickets), and every meal should be dusted with a calcium supplement. Calcium is very important if you want them to breed well for you. I use Minerall-I.
Females can breed as early as 4-6 months. Any combination of sexes can be kept together without trouble it seems. They can breed year-round.
Oh, one more thing, heat. I keep a heat pad under one side of my baby's enclosure. Heat is extremely important for getting the hatchlings going! My adults are kept in the snake room, where the temperature is always about 82-84F, and they seem to do fine like this.
Good luck!
 
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