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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.

Leopard Gecko Question - Could be EMERGENCY - PLEASE READ

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I took home four really thin baby leopards from a petco the other day. They were on sale and I wanted to try to see if I could help them out. I brought an adult back from starvation before. Anyway, the one that was the worst looking died the second day (they actually gave him to me for free because they'd already written him off) and I noticed he had a black spot on his stomach. I checked the others and two of them have the same spot. One of them doesn't, but has a smaller spot of the same color higher up on his chest. Do you know what this is?

I called an Animal Clinic that deals with exotics and they said it sounded like it could be parasites so I may be going to Howdershell for a stool sample soon. I was just wondering if you could maybe shed any light on this? I've done a lot of searching online and it sounded like it could also possibly be compaction. At the petco they were housed on sand.

Has this ever happened in any of your babies before? What can I do to help them right now?
 
Sounds like an enlarged liver, possibly from starvation. If its big enough already, its prob too late for the others too.
 
That's the advice I got from another breeder - fatty liver. A second one died the other day sadly... I have an appointment at a vet for wednsday. I think one will be fine (it doesn't really have the spot) but I'm worried about the other one.

Thanks for responding.
 
Good luck. If it is liver problems, there's not much a vet can do. Concentrate on doing what you can for the other one.
 
I doubt the other one will live through the night, leaving the one with the very faint spot. He seems healthy and is the only one interested in the food.

Guess these guys were to far gone sadly... makes me more disgusted with the pet stores then I was before...
 
Why don't you speak directly with the manager of that petco and offer to consult with the sales staff and let them know what you found and why this occurred. I mean, that is the real cure. Condemning them isn't going to put them out of business.

It was real nice of you to try and save them. You're a good person.
 
Thanks. I should. The manager actually sold them to me and even gave one of them to me for free because she didn't think it would make it. If I see her again, I will probably bring it up. But I don't blame them so much as the people that are higher up. They ought to educate their employees more.
 
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