• 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.
  • 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.

Kierkegaard eats!

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On 12/23 I gave him a live rat fuzzy, then left him alone. On the morning of 12/24 I came in to find Kierkegaard sleeping next to a now-deceased but still uneaten rat pup. Later that morning I saw no further activity: Kierkegaard appeared to have lost interest and was now exploring his cage.

To ensure that we didn't wind up with rotting rat in his cage (it's happened already, and it sucks) I reached in with the tongs and pulled out the deceased pup. Kierkegaard gave a half-hearted strike -- but this time he held on. And when I slowly let the pup down

... he let it go again.

I jiggled it: still no response.

Finally I figure "OK, we'll try again in a couple days" -- and just then Kierkegaard grabs its head, throws a coil, and starts slowly swallowing. Fifteen minutes later he's heading back to his paper towel tube with a rat pup-sized bump in his tummy. Twenty-four hours later I awake to find a fresh and appropriately sized bowel movement in his home. I've never been so happy to find a pile of :censored: on Christmas morning.
 
Good deal!!!! Glad to hear he's figuring out that eating is just a part of life. Hopefully, between the two of you, he will develop proper eating habits, lol
 
hhmoore said:
Good deal!!!! Glad to hear he's figuring out that eating is just a part of life. Hopefully, between the two of you, he will develop proper eating habits, lol
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He has spent a couple of days maxin' and relaxin' in his paper towel tube. We had him out for a few minutes last night during cage cleaning and he was doing fine.

Interestingly, I've noticed that he, like Oddjob, will give a series of three short hisses when startled: he's the only other snake I've heard that particular vocalization from. Since both originate in or around PNG, I wonder if there's something going on or if it's just coincidence.

Speaking of White-Lipped Pythons: you wouldn't happen to have any CB females you're looking to get rid of, would you? If you wanted to thin out your collection and get rid of a breeder female, I'd gladly help you free up the extra space. :wavey:
 
Rakshasanyc said:
Speaking of White-Lipped Pythons: you wouldn't happen to have any CB females you're looking to get rid of, would you? If you wanted to thin out your collection and get rid of a breeder female, I'd gladly help you free up the extra space. :wavey:
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My D'Albert's are all on an indefinite "breeding loan." Should the person that has them tire of the project, or need to send them back for whatever reason, I will give you first option.
 
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