• Posted 12/19/2024.
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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.

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Just wanted to brag about this guy a bit. I got him back in August from Kat, he's just such a sweetheart.

He only seems to like one girl right now. I've put him with three girls, but this is the only one that he will go near at all. His pastel girl that I'd really like to see him father some babies with, he just balls up in the corner, and it's not her, cause she's been with a pastel male already and is still willing to lock. He's just a picky boy right now lol.

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WOW! what a beautiful ball :D Maybe he will change his mind soon ;) you might want to explain to him that his girl really won't mind him stepping out on her. LOL
 
Thank you!! I'm actually concidering puting the pastel in the tub with these two hoping to confusing him and he'll lock with her as well... maybe? I hope!!!!
 
Lol, that's a pretty funny idea! Let us know if it works! Hope to see you posting lots of pics of little pinstripes!!!
 
Gorgeous male!!! Good luck with the breedings. Hope he decides to accept your pastel girl, what sweet little ones that would be!
 
Ha Ha Ha

NICE!! What can I say? Maybe I raised him to be too much of a gentleman..... Love is in the air......

I'm so glad he's going to be a papa for you. He was always one of my favorites. Keep me posted on impending offspring. I could always use a nice blast to round out my group..... :D

Congrats again!! [happy dance]

Cheers,
Kat :thumbsup:
 
Thank you Kat!!

So far it looks like the trick of adding the pastel in with the two is working.... he's tickling her tail with his right now!! Hope to have a pic of the lock by the end of the day!!! :D

Here's what we've got so far!!
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YES YES YES!!

I ended up taking the first girl out of her tub and just left the pastel in there. They seemed way too cramped and the other female seemed to be a third wheel! :ack2:

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Play him a little Barry white. And that light seems to bright.... maybe candles?

Congrats on the pairing!! Oh the long wait ahead.......

Cheers,
Kat
 
LOL The bright light is the flash. I'm sure the little love birds....errr snakes didn't like it, but it only lasted a second!


Thanks!! I'll be counting the days, weeks..... oh damn.... Months!!!!
 
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