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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.

Q on supplementing diet

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I've been wanting to get a cresty for a few months(they are so cute!), and have been doing some reading, but still have some Q's:

Instead of crickets, would I be ok to offer nymph B. lateralis roaches if it would eat them?

I plan on using Repashy's CGD as staple with calcium powder and some fruit as supplements. They may eat a variety of diff. fruits, but wondering if any would be not recommended to feed. Particularly bananas and strawberries since we get them already.

Can they hear?
Some areas of my house are noisy, some quiet but vibrations from doors, appliances and kids can be felt, and very few rooms that are super-peaceful. If I could, I'd house a gecko in the tv room, no bright lighting and usually noisy, but the carpet is thick and no vibrations there, so I thought maybe we could put a tank in there if they have no or little hearing.

I come across a lot of vague answers on longevity. A good petstore tells me 5-7yrs tops. A few websites say it is unknown since they've only been common in collections since the mid-90's. Another source says 10+.
Anybody have a good idea that has kept them for a long time?

Thanks for any advice, and recommendations on the best dedicated gecko forum I should visit, appreciated!
 
The Repashy diet is complete, so you aren't required to feed insects. Although I do and I find my cresties love them. Roaches and crickets are fine, as long as the prey is the right size. They really aren't too interested in worms, at least mine aren't.

As far as fruit goes, I would only feed it as a treat since the Crested Gecko diet is complete. Also I dust my crickets with Leopard Gecko dust every couple of weeks, and calcium once a week. My adults get insects once a week. Babies twice a week.

Noise levels at my house vary, with two dogs, a husband, and two small kids its always noisy unless they are all sleeping lol. The cresties really don't mind, they all eat and thrive like crazy.

I am not sure about longevity, I have always heard 10+ years, but like you said they haven't been in captivity long enough to give a really good definitive answer.
 
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