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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.

Inquiry ??James Jacoby (Roadhouse of Retics)??

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Not sure what the deal is now. I purchased a retic from James on 11 Oct 2014. She arrived quickly and appeared to be in good health. However, she refused meals countless times over the course of a few weeks. The seller and I had good communication for about a month or so before the girl died. Not sure why or how. I simply stated she passed and even sent pictures to James. There seemed to be no hard feelings between us and he said she was on live food and not f/t. He said he would get his other female on a good f/t regiment and would replace her. I had no problems with waiting for this. He had sent a few updates and she seemed just about ready for delivery. The last update I received was on 21 Dec. Now it seems like he has disappeared. His number says it is not available and there is no response to numerous emails or texts even though his account shows he has logged in in January.

He seemed to be a stand up guy but now it is like he is no where to be found. If something changes I will be more than happy to recant and delete my post. But I am unsure what else to do now that I am out hundreds of dollars with nothing to show for it. Marco............
 
Once you post something on the BOI there's no going back. You can never delete this. It's here to stay forever.
Can you post some proof. Emails texts??
 
Did this snake ever eat for you?

How long until it died?

Did you get a necropsy done?
 
bcr229 said:
Did this snake ever eat for you?

How long until it died?

Did you get a necropsy done?
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No she never ate for me. She arrived the 14th of October and died on the 28th of October. And no I didn't have a necropsy done.








 
I don't keep this species but I've never heard of a snake that starved in 2 weeks time if it was previously well fed and with good body mass.
 
Yikes that snake is skinny! :( I'm sorry to read that you are having this problem. No way a snake that is a established feeder, starves to death in two weeks.
 
snakesareawesome said:
I don't keep this species but I've never heard of a snake that starved in 2 weeks time if it was previously well fed and with good body mass.
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lillyorchid said:
Yikes that snake is skinny! :( I'm sorry to read that you are having this problem. No way a snake that is a established feeder, starves to death in two weeks.
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I know this species and can say for a fact that it not eating for 2 weeks, even a month, would not cause its demise. These snakes are quite resilient, so if it didn't eat at all, it is quite possible it wasn't eating to begin with.

I received a few retics that had been fed live; within 2 weeks, had them eating f/t. A hungry retic eats anything ... practically.
 
I have about 10 retics right now, all purchased as babies over the last few years. They never skipped meals even while in shed. Most ate the day they arrived.
 
As has been mentioned, the snake would not have died, of starvation, after just two weeks of not feeding. It would, also, not get very skinny, within two weeks, if it was, originally, of good weight & tone.
Something must have been awry, with this snake, prior to your receiving it.

Do you have an address for James? Such as address on the box that the retic was shipped in? Other?
Do you have a phone number for him?

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