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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.

Trade Leo's, Asian Box, Baby Common Snappers,for turtles, or snake.

Nick & Chelsea

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I have two beautiful Leo's, and an adult female Asian box turtle. I am looking to trade for either a turtle(s), or a boa or python of some sort.
One of the Gecko's is just a plain old Pet store version. The other is a nice bright Carrot tail, het Albino. The norm one is a female, and the nicer one is a male. Both are fully mature. The older of the two is the male. He is 2.5 years old, and the female is 1.5 years old. Both are happy, healthy, and eat like pigs.

The Asian Box is female, and approximately 7 years old. I've had her since she was very small. She is happy, healthy, and strong. She eats an assortment of fish, and turtle foods, and is friendly and active.

I would like to make either a full or partial trade for something of equal value. I have cash to make up the difference in value if necessary. As well as an assortment of baby common snapping turtles if they interest anyone, of which I can sweeten a deal with. All are happy and eating, and healthy. They will actually eat from your hands which is not very common among snapping turtles.

I would like to trade either all or some, for a baby or Juvenile of anything listed here:
Retic, Carpet Python, Burmese python, Elephant trunk snake, Red tail, Dumeril's, Rainbow Boa, or a Blood Python.

Also very interested in Hatchling: Ornate, Three-Toe'd, Eastern, Florida, or basically any type of Box turtle.

Other interests I have are baby Reeves turtles, Mata-mata, Soft-shells, or other out of the ordinary turtles. I'm pretty much open to just about any turtle offers, as long as they are babies, or hatchlings.

Though special morphs are always nice. Morphs of anything, make no difference to me, as I am simply looking for pets. The only reason for this thread is the fact that my interests have shifted a bit in recent months, and I would just like to change it up a bit.

Anyone interested can PM, email or I can be reached via phone at 203-507-5257 at any time. Call or text.. My phone is on 24/7, so time of day or night doesn't matter.

Thank you all for your time and/or consideration in advance.
 
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