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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.
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
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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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Why do I keep coming here?? I don't keep nor do I Plan to keep Hots ever. I belong over at the hognose board as that is the little snake I so badly want. That being said ever time I come to fauna I end up sneaking into the venomous board!! Truth be told I come here to sneak a peak at Asasin (sp?) Green Vine snakes. Though I do enjoy seeing the pics of the others as well! I really envey all of you the ability and knowlage to keep such snakes!

I won't admit it to anyone I know but I do day dream about having the knowlage and abilitly to someday keep a vine snake (there I said it LOL) though I know that is about as far as I would ever be willing to push my luck!

If you would not mind though please take of what ever spell is on me so that I will stop being drawn to this board that or you could of course just show me some of those pretty green vines of yours LOL

I do hope it is ok for me to keep visting your board even though I keep no hots it not let me know please

Debbie
Ps please forgive the spelling it's not my strong point.
 
debcat76135 said:
Why do I keep coming here?? I don't keep nor do I Plan to keep Hots ever. I belong over at the hognose board as that is the little snake I so badly want. That being said ever time I come to fauna I end up sneaking into the venomous board!! Truth be told I come here to sneak a peak at Asasin (sp?) Green Vine snakes. Though I do enjoy seeing the pics of the others as well! I really envey all of you the ability and knowlage to keep such snakes!

I won't admit it to anyone I know but I do day dream about having the knowlage and abilitly to someday keep a vine snake (there I said it LOL) though I know that is about as far as I would ever be willing to push my luck!

If you would not mind though please take of what ever spell is on me so that I will stop being drawn to this board that or you could of course just show me some of those pretty green vines of yours LOL

I do hope it is ok for me to keep visting your board even though I keep no hots it not let me know please

Debbie
Ps please forgive the spelling it's not my strong point.
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I'm sure no one would tell you that you weren't welcome here just because you don't keep hots...anyone with an interest in them and something worthwhile to say is welcome here. :)

As for Asian vine snakes, they are not terribly venomous and rather docile. I'm sure you wouldn't have too much trouble keeping them if you did your research on their husbandry needs and got comfortable using a snakehook. Actually, with vines, gardening gloves and long sleeves will do just fine. Although you always want to avoid being bitten by any venomous creature due to the relatively low possiblity of allergic reaction or hyper-sensitivity to the venom, most people report very mild symptoms from bites from these guys.

Good luck, and welcome to the venomous forum :)
 
Hi thanks for the welcome! I had not been back to check the boards in a few days and yet what happens?? I come back to the vemomous board!LOL

But really I do enjoy the pics of all of these great vemoumous guys. Hot keepers amaze me as you guys DO what any person keeping any animal SHOULD do. You do your research you learn what it takes to keep these animals/yourselves safe and healthy. You keep tabs on each other to make sure things don't get out of hand. You keep up with your husbandry issues and are so very responisable when it comes to the handling and care of your animals. You know what you are doing befor you do it something that you don't see to often these days with people who keep animals. Sure some of you don't want to start showing breeding cats?? We could use people as dedicated and responisable as hot keepers!!

AS for my love of vine's for now I will just love the pics. I have a rule that requries a 6 month min of research befor I can even think of aquring a new "pet". And I know I am not yet ready for a vine's husbandry. I have been researching hognose's for a year now and have not yet gotten around to actaully buying one LOL. But *maybe* after I do buy a hoggie and keep him a few years eating and healthy I will look into gettin that vine! In the mean time I still get to look a pics so I am happy.

Debbie
 
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