• Posted 12/19/2024.
    =====================

    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.

    =====================
    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.
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
    **************************************************
    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.

Rabbits as Feeders?

C

Cp3_Pythons

Resident Demon
Resident Demon
Joined
Dec 12, 2009
Messages
1,030
Reaction score
82
Points
0
Age
39
Location
Richmond, Va
Im currently working on a deal with a gentleman who breeds rabbits Where I would be the main buyer for everything he produce's :D... While were hammering out a few odds and ends,( The deal will be sealed this upcomming week when I visit the facility to see hows it ran and the upkeep/condition of it is) Im curious as to whats the best feed to feed rabbits that are going to be used as feeders?
Being the fact Im going to be using them as feeders and reselling them for that use (or as pets when asked) I want to make sure that their fed a diet suitable to feed to reptiles.

As Always Any Information good or bad is GREATLY Appriciated
 
If he is like any of the rabbit breeders I have seen and I have only seen three breeder facilities here in San Antonio TX. He will be feeding rabbit pellets and the rabbits will be in cages that are about four feet off the ground supported by wires from the rafters of the open sided shed. Here in South Texas we really have no winter so all the breeders do is drape a tarp over the sides to keep the wind off the rabbits. The heat here so more important that is why the rabbits are under a covered shed so they get shade and the wind blows over them. Do not be surprised that there will be a bunch of poop under the cages because most breeders clean there sheds out about once a month in the summer and longer in the winter when the flies are less. Please remember that the shed is open with no wall so there really is no smell.

The reason I know this is that I had several boas and pythons at the time and this breeds put ads in the local paper trying to sell pet rabbits. I called and told them that I need snake food and all said to come on out. They all sold me a $15.00 pet rabbit for $5.00 for snake food and all of the breeders sold rabbits for people food too. People food rabbits were like $6.00 to $7.00, however they broke that rule to because I bought some really big people food rabbits for $5.00 also.

All the breeds did have one very hard and fast rule that I could never say that I got snake food off of them because all the breeds that I dealt with were show rabbit breeds. The breeds did not want the other breeds to know that they were selling rabbits for snake food however people food selling was OK.

Fatman
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top