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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.

Incubating problems

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Hello all!
As you may or may not remember, I had two unexpected eggs laid by one of my leos a few weeks ago. I set up the incubation conditions exactly as described on Albey's website (http://www.albeysreptiles.com/incubate-eggs.htm), with the only difference being I used a larger (1.1 gallon) Servin Saver tub. I set up the ratio of 1-.8 perlite to water, like instructed. Now here I am three weeks later and the eggs have completely caved in. Is this from lack of moisture? If so, how did that happen, if I followed the directions exactly? I only opened it about 3x since then (for air exchange, noted on the website), and didn't add any water (since the website states you wouldn't need to, that the perlite would hold the necessary moisture).
Any thoughts? I'd like to get this figured out before I start breeding my nicer geckos..I don't want to be inadvertantly killing eggs :(
 
The caving in is more than likely due to being infertile. What you can do is add a little mor water to the perlite and wait 24 hours to see if they plump up. Make sure not to get the water directly on the eggs. Add the water around the sides. Even if they do not regain their fullness, don't throw them out until they mold over. Hope this helps!
 
Is it possible to have too much moisture? My friend has an egg that is double the size of mine and it is so tight and it feels like its going to xplode. Where as my eggs are sort of loose.
 
The eggs will absorb the water from their enviroment and i have had a couple of eggs that "blow up" and look they are going to explode, where as others don't. It depends on how much water the egg absorbs.

Try adding some moisture to the perlite and lightly covering the eggs. If they don't plump up within 24 hours, they could be infertile, but don't throw them out until they mold over. If they do plump up it is a good indication that the egg is alive and growing :)

Yes you can have too much moisture, and the eggs can get mold. It's almost better to incubate on the slightly drier side than on the wetter side, because the eggs will always tell you if they need more water. Sometimes it's hard for them to say "Hey! I'm too wet!" :)
 
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