• Posted 12/19/2024.
    =====================

    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.

    =====================
    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.
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
    **************************************************
    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.

Help as soon as possible is my snake sick??

Ah, then yeah, with the lamp that might not be for the best, but I'm actually not sure if it would melt or not. Better safe than sorry, though.

Big Apple Herp makes a heating pad designed to go inside of enclosures called the Intellitemp. I use one with a thermostat on it (I attached the thermostat probe directly to it w/ velcro) for my ball python. She snuggles up right next to it for about half of the day and spends the other half around her hide. For the pad (mine is a 10 watt) and thermostat it should be right around $50-60.

The reason I recommend the pad over a lamp is that no matter what type of lamp or bulb you use, they are always going to dry up the air because of how they transmit heat. Plus, with the pad, you can use the plastic over the top and keep the tank in use. It's still not the best housing situation, tanks have drawbacks to their design for pets that require humidity, but there are ways to make them work if you need to to keep the parents happy.
 
ohhh! i see what you mean yeah but she just doesn't like under heating pads even when it is heating up and doesn't make almost any heat yet so i don't really have an option to change the whole tank at least not soon
 
Might not be helpful, but regarding stopping evaporation through the top of the tank - if you are concerned about toxic gas from heating plastic wrap, a friend of mine simply put a wooden chopping board on top of the screen top (leaving a little room for air to enter of course).
 
A couple of questions/notes just to understand your situation more on heating pads:

1. Do you put it inside the tank or under it? Most that come with tanks like that should never be put inside the tank and with most beddings/substrates the heat has trouble penetrating unless you modify the depth somehow, so that may be an issue if you put it under.
2. Do you have a thermostat? If she is avoiding that spot specifically, usually it is getting too hot at some point in the day, maybe when you aren't around. Without a thermostat to regulate it, some heaters don't heat evenly or heat too much. You have to buy thermostats separately usually. You plug the heater into it and put a probe in your tank to read the temperature. It is different from a thermometer.

3. Have you ever removed the pad? I'm assuming it's a stick-on one since most kits include those, and if you have ever taken it off, it may have been damaged, causing odd behavior. Sometimes after being removed, they either don't work or some spots get dangerously hot and at odd times, not always consistently, so that could also be an issue.

- Generally, she shouldn't be capable of "liking" or "disliking" a heat pad, heat is heat, but if you only use them alone without a thermostat and/or don't place them just right, they can hurt more than they help.
 
neocatlove said:
she doesn't use the heating pad for reasons unknown but it doesn't get very warm at all
i put my hand up to it and it is about as warm as when you sit down on a chair for a while and then get up and it did come with a thermostat
Click to expand...

It's probably too warm for her which is why people are recommending a thermostat for the heat pad which will regulate the temperature. Human body temps are over 95 so if it feels warm to you, it's going to be too hot to her. A temp gun would tell you what temp it is reaching if you are able to get one (there are some affordable ones on amazon like this one https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Las...ZGRY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1510601532&sr=8-3)

You've been given good advice already but I just wanted to add that. Good luck!! Don't get discouraged! Most of us have had to deal with these issues and make husbandry fixes when we were getting started too. Once it's all dialed in and set up correctly, it should be smooth sailing going forward.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top