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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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these guys/girls are born a few hours ago!
12 of them...not bad for a first timer...
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about 20 dead young... does anyone know how that might come?
greetings!
 
cool! Garters are known to have exceptionally large numbers of young, one field guide of mine states
"The progeny are born alive from late June to August and may number from as few as seven to as many as 85. In many cases, however, only a few survive."
-from "Pennsylvania Amphibians and Reptiles" by Larry L. Shaffer

With that many young, its understandable that the mother may not be able to provide nutrition for all of them.
 
Thats true, but last year i had 26 live young and only 10 death ones...
on the 6th of Juli i had 70! infurtile eggs and 5 dead young from my other snake (also Parietalis)
This was her first time, so i'm hoping next year will be better!
in a few moments...first coffee...i'll give them their first meal...lets hope they eat!
greetings!
 
I've never heard of such a high number of still borns being normal. I'm not sure what would cause this. What were your temps like and what kind of diet were you feeding? Pregnant females typically seek out higher temperatures. It's also conceivable that some toxins she'd ingested may have been deposited in the yolks or the yolks may have been nutritionally deficient if her diet was lacking. But, the fact that they were fully formed would seem to indicate that something killed them towards the end of the pregnancy. Have the new little babies started eating yet? What kind of garter are they?

-Alice
 
Hi,
Thanks for your reply!
The Baby's are eating! Like real gartersnakes :eatpointe
They are T. S. Parietalis.

But, the fact that they were fully formed would seem to indicate that something killed them towards the end of the pregnancy.
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Just a few days before birth I came back from my vacation. They had been on 'vacation-diet' for two weeks. My mother feeds them when i'm gone.
This might be a cause.

About feeding...i feed them with as much variation as i can. I dont know the English names for the fish, but i can give it a go. Mackerel, garfish, roach (the fish, not the insect) Herring, Sardines (in catfood). I also give them worms once in a while or little slugs.
And I have never had any B1 problems with them.

I dont know my exact temps. The last weak was very hot for the time of the year and the weak before it was very cold. (i love holland :bawling: )

I dont know if this helps, but its nice to know your thinking with me!
 
I'd put my bet on the temps. I have a pregnant rosy right now and she seems to take great pains to stay at the appropriate temperature. She moves over to the side with the UTH as soon as the room begins to cool and on hot days she'll coil around her ceramic water dish. Maybe the embryos got heat stressed. It's good to hear that the surviving babies are doing well.

-Alice
 
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