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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.

Poor Boa, Advice Needed...

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First of all, let me say that I will be taking the boa I am talking about to a herp vet on Monday morning, I already have an appointment. I just hate to spend the whole weekend worried about this guy...

Yesterday I received a 5 and half foot male Columbian Redtail Boa which was shipped to me. Nothing had ever been said or mentioned about health problems (and yes, I had asked). When the snake arrived it was wheezing heavily; however, after I put it into an enclosure, the wheezing subsided a good bit. He has no bubbles or other signs of a URI. He looks a bit dehydrated and slightly underweight. He drank water for 20 minutes straight and then payed in his giant water dish for a couple of hours.

FYI, I am not posting the ame of the guy I got him from, as he has not yet had a chance to repsond to my e-mail that I sent him requesting to know why I was sent a sick snake without being told anything about him being ill, and/or if the guy has any idea what is wrong with the boa. Obviously, I am not thrilled about receiving a snake in this condition.

Here is my concern... On his head, between his eyes and his nostrils, his face is terribly swollen. His nose/nostrils are perfectly normal. His eyes are normal, but the rest of the entire area on top of his face is swollen in an extreme way. There is no evidence of him having been bitten by a rat or other creature. There is a small scar on top where it does appear he may have rubbed the top of his face on a screen top or something, but theis area doesn't look too bad. The swelling is mainly in the sides of his face. He may have a touch of mouthrot I am thinking, but when I examined his mouth, there was no apparent reason from the inside of his mouth that it should be swollen like this.

I have some pictures up close of it, but am not sure they will post here. If anyone can possibly get a pic to post on this thread please e-mail me, I would appreciate it.

I am very concerned about this snake and am not sure if I should do anything over the weekend. I was going to attmept to feed him, but was unsure of if that would be wise or not.

Monday I am having him examined including a fecal exam and the whole gambit of stuff that I usually have done when a snake is ill.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Aprylla Hall


 
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by you not posting the name you are doing an injustice to the rest of the community if someone else buys a sick snake from this person you could have prevented that it 's obvious that the seller knew there was a problem with the snake that didn't happen in the 24 hours it was shipped you would have liked to know about this person selling sick reptiles before youmade the purchase you might not be in this situation it's sad for the snake that whoever didn't get him/her properly treated and its good you are and probaly better for the animal it was sold but i would almost bet you would not have gave your money for a sick snake when there is plenty of healthy boas available so do the right thing and post the sellers name because there is no lame ass excuse that makes it right to sell a snake in that conditon to someone unexpecting
 
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