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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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I received a call from the shelter today, they had an iguana that needed a home. They were going to put her down if she was not taken soon. She is quite alert and eating, she has a good amount of body weight at 5.2 pounds. Her personality seems to be curious and she was a tad frightened coming home today, but does not lash out (like our other girl). All in all I am impressed by her calmness for being in a new environment. She needs a name.

The burns really bother me, they look intentional and rather recent, when the shelter first got her the wounds were fresh, she was adopted out and returned within 3 weeks time, which they then called me. Either way we have her now and she is no longer being fed iceburg lettuce the shelter was feeding her. The first thing she was treated with was fresh fruit, which really perked her up.

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poor girl. She looks like a nice iggy though. So different how the girls look compared to the boys. * or maybe i am just crazy, but i think there is a difference* LOL

Good on ya for taking this girl in. :)
 
Awwwww, Michael! She is just beautiful. Poor girl just needs someone to love her and not hurt her, and I do believe she found just that person.

I heard you were thinking of a particular type of name. How about Blaise (pronounced Blaze)? I'm sort of partial...it's my son's middle name.

She's such a lucky girl that she found you, and I know you'll make sure she lives many years of full of happiness.
 
Yeah, the girls are different. Not as spectacular looking as the males with the large jowls and long spikes, but their personalities can make up for that.

Blaise huh? As cool as that is, I found a female name that is suiting for this beautiful girl. Anala meaning fire.

This is an interesting link with the use of that name http://vedabase.net/a/anala We like this line "anala — like the fire of devastation"
 
Awwwww Michael, bless you for giving this poor girl somewhere to go.

Those burns sure don't look like anything accidental to me, either...humans can be so effing evil. It's a damn good thing there's folks like you to balance things out.

Very cool name too, I like.
 
Kudo's Michael! Best of luck with Anala's recovery, looks like she's in great hands!!
 
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