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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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Rosie:

Out for a stroll:
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Jasmine:

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Ayesha (Doll):

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Shrek:

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Bobbie:

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We have a "snow day" from work today...so...

Breakfast:

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Stuffed Manicotti:

Ayesha's bowl is the one without the Manicotti, instead she had a paper towel wrapped around her bowl.
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Deb, they are beauties!!! And they eat a lot better then I do! I wish I was your neighbor...so I can dig in your garbage for parrot snacks! As is, I live on cereal with water and ramen noodles dry!

A friend of mine had one that looked just like Bobbie. The bird liked me more then it did my friend :cool: and I still have all my fingers to prove it! What is that bird called anyway? I don't remember?
 
They are all beautiful! What type of Eclectus is Ayesha? I have a Vos male. His name is Birdy, and he is my sweet baby. He is amazing too, a little more than 3 years old and he can say nearly 40 distinct words and phrases.
 
Hey Deb, I became impatient :D (why cant everyone be nocturnal like me). I did some research...is Bobbie some kind of Conure Parrot?
 
polasian said:
Hey Deb, I became impatient :D (why cant everyone be nocturnal like me). I did some research...is Bobbie some kind of Conure Parrot?
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Either a sun conure or jenday conure.

Deb.. I am looking at your birds, and now thinking that mine might be neglected. LMFAO (I have a Dusky Pionus named Horus, and a Quaker named Artemis(her brother Apollo died about 6 months ago)

Now... Horus.. has a large, macaw sized kings cage.. lol. and after I sell the double stack that Artemis and Apollo shared, Artemis will also be getting a mansion..

BUT..

holy CRAP look at your food. LMFAO I thought I spoiled mine. LOL Good job girl!

And I don't know who I love more, the rose breasted, or the caique! or the others dangit!!! I fostered an Eclectis for a while.. REALLY hated giving her up.. (but hubby said him or the bird.. only took me a week to FINALLY decide)

ok, now I have rambled.. lol, sorry.. Great looking "kids" you have.. they have your eyes :p
 
polasian said:
Deb, they are beauties!!! And they eat a lot better then I do! I wish I was your neighbor...so I can dig in your garbage for parrot snacks! As is, I live on cereal with water and ramen noodles dry!

A friend of mine had one that looked just like Bobbie. The bird liked me more then it did my friend :cool: and I still have all my fingers to prove it! What is that bird called anyway? I don't remember?
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Nothing wrong with Ramen Noodles, but I MUST have them cooked with some sausage, jalpeno flavored cheese and pickles!:yesnod: Better times are coming, better times..you wait and see.:thumbsup:

Bobbie is a Jenday, a lot of people confuse them with the Sun. The difference is: The Jenday has green as the primary wing color, the Sun has a yellow cape on its green wings (they are georgeous birds).

Apparently, the bird choose you.:thumbsup: If I had been the owner, I would have given you the bird. It's difficult on the bird if it makes its choice known and still must stay in its situation.:( (I would have made you pay for the bird though).:rofl:
 
KelliH said:
They are all beautiful! What type of Eclectus is Ayesha? I have a Vos male. His name is Birdy, and he is my sweet baby. He is amazing too, a little more than 3 years old and he can say nearly 40 distinct words and phrases.
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Ayesha (Doll) is a Grand Eclectus.

I LOVE the males, their beaks look like candy corn. :D I don't know if my birds talk or not. If they want my attention, they fly to where I am (usually in the bedroom off their birdroom (formerly my den) and step on my foot, at which point, I know they are there and reach down and pick them up and let them cuddle or sit on my shoulder while I browse the Internet. Otherwise, they are content to play in the bird room and watch Birdsitter or some television show.:D
 
deborahbroadus said:
Nothing wrong with Ramen Noodles
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There are just not enough nutrients in there. I'm a 29-year-old guy and have the physique of a 12-year-old Indonesian girl!?!?! I thought if I took enough Flintstone vitamins, things would even out...I was wrong! (but I do have Barney PJ's!)

deborahbroadus said:
Bobbie is a Jenday, a lot of people confuse them with the Sun. The difference is: The Jenday has green as the primary wing color, the Sun has a yellow cape on its green wings (they are georgeous birds).
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And here I thought I was so clever in narrowing Bobbie down to a Conure...I had no clue there were so many diff types.
 
Miss Tuniwha said:
Either a sun conure or jenday conure.

Deb.. I am looking at your birds, and now thinking that mine might be neglected. LMFAO (I have a Dusky Pionus named Horus, and a Quaker named Artemis(her brother Apollo died about 6 months ago)

Now... Horus.. has a large, macaw sized kings cage.. lol. and after I sell the double stack that Artemis and Apollo shared, Artemis will also be getting a mansion..

BUT..

holy CRAP look at your food. LMFAO I thought I spoiled mine. LOL Good job girl!

And I don't know who I love more, the rose breasted, or the caique! or the others dangit!!! I fostered an Eclectis for a while.. REALLY hated giving her up.. (but hubby said him or the bird.. only took me a week to FINALLY decide)

ok, now I have rambled.. lol, sorry.. Great looking "kids" you have.. they have your eyes :p
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Thanks! Sorry to hear about Apollo.:(

Like they say about cages, "Bigger is better" My bigger birds are housed in AA Merdians, actually they spend more time out of cage than in.:rofl:

I love the Bean Cruisine mix, it makes cooking for them SO much easier. Sometimes I use a cracked corn base and add to that instead of a bean base. I try to give them basically the same thing because Ayesha forages in the other birds' cages when they are out and I don't want her having too much of anything that is "iffy" for Ekkies. When they eat pellets, they eat TOPs..used to eat Harrisons before I got Ayesha (they also have seed days when I am laaaazy;))


To the bolded: so how is the bird doing, when did hubby move out? :rofl: BTW: I had that same ultimatium from a lover...he's no longer around.:yesnod::rofl:

I have been told they look just like Mama!:thumbsup::rofl:
 
polasian said:
There are just not enough nutrients in there. I'm a 29-year-old guy and have the physique of a 12-year-old Indonesian girl!?!?! I thought if I took enough Flintstone vitamins, things would even out...I was wrong! (but I do have Barney PJ's!)

And here I thought I was so clever in narrowing Bobbie down to a Conure...I had no clue there were so many diff types.
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As long as YOU feel good about yourself, it's all good. However, I would advise you to stay away from sandy beaches populated by big bullies.:D

Man..there are so many...:eek:
 
deborahbroadus said:
Thanks! Sorry to hear about Apollo.:(

Like they say about cages, "Bigger is better" My bigger birds are housed in AA Merdians, actually they spend more time out of cage than in.:rofl:

I love the Bean Cruisine mix, it makes cooking for them SO much easier. Sometimes I use a cracked corn base and add to that instead of a bean base. I try to give them basically the same thing because Ayesha forages in the other birds' cages when they are out and I don't want her having too much of anything that is "iffy" for Ekkies. When they eat pellets, they eat TOPs..used to eat Harrisons before I got Ayesha (they also have seed days when I am laaaazy;))


To the bolded: so how is the bird doing, when did hubby move out? :rofl: BTW: I had that same ultimatium from a lover...he's no longer around.:yesnod::rofl:

I have been told they look just like Mama!:thumbsup::rofl:
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Yeah, my guys get pellets (they only seem to like the Zupreem fruity stuff) and some fruits and veggies, and then some seeds once a week or so...

It was really rough when Apollo died.. he was fine and talking/swearing one night, then I did my morning check and he was dead. I did take him in for a necropsy, and they said it was just a birth issue that finally caught up with him (had them for 7 years at that point)


As for Ruby.. the one I fostered. we found her a home, in a bird persons home (many years with large birds) and she died just a few months later. I was crushed.. she LOVED me. the woman I was helping by fostering had her for 4 years, since she was baby, said that Ruby never "warmed up" to her.. I had the bird for a day and I could swing her upside down, cuddle her in my arms and give her kisses, etc...

So after learning of Ruby's death, I always worried that maybe she would still be happy and squaky with me .. *sigh*



oh.. and Nick...

polasian said:
There are just not enough nutrients in there. I'm a 29-year-old guy and have the physique of a 12-year-old Indonesian girl!?!?!
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prove it.. aka.. pics or it didn't happen. LOL
 
Them are great looking birds(kids). My wife's grandma has a Quaker and I have to say that bird does not like me. Every time we go down and visit that bird looks at me like it's gonna get me. But I have always wanted a bird that talks but after her grandmas I think I will wait awhile and live with kids, reptiles and dogs. Oh yeah, and my wife.:rofl:
 
WiseReptiles said:
Them are great looking birds(kids). My wife's grandma has a Quaker and I have to say that bird does not like me. Every time we go down and visit that bird looks at me like it's gonna get me. But I have always wanted a bird that talks but after her grandmas I think I will wait awhile and live with kids, reptiles and dogs. Oh yeah, and my wife.:rofl:
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Thanks!

Used to have Quakers, they can be difficult birds. :ack2:

It's good to see a man that has his priorities straight! .:rofl:
 
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