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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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Rats, ASFs or mice? :)

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I own one BP right now. There will be more as time goes on of course. :rolleyes: Hes about a month or so and his vendor was feeding him one live hopper mouse once a week.

What should I do? Here are my issues... Let me know if you guys have some good ideas.


  1. No frozen.
  2. Takes almost 1hr and 30mins to get a feeder seller. Cant do that 1-2 a week.
  3. Rat pinkies would be great. Cant buy 5 or 6 and expect them to live till used and they grow fast but I really want the nutrition. I can breed these but for now my stock is too young.
  4. Mice are gross. Don't like them or what they offer for snake but they will usable longer if I breed at home.
  5. Natal rats? What do they offer for snakes? They are legal here and by god if they work ill breed em.
 
I'd go with the breeding regular rats. The ASFs take too long to grow big enough once a snake needs a certain size feeder, and the same with mice. Rats can give you every size feeder you'll need, and pretty quickly at that. If you have extras or if you don't want them to get any bigger, kill off and freeze them for a rainy day. Even if your breeding stock is too young right now, they quickly reach maturity.
 
True true. I just worry that theyll be giving birth and Ill only get to use not even half of the litter before they grow too big. And for the tine being I only need small prey.
 
I prefer feeding rats. Like already mentioned, they come in a variety of sizes that will feed ball pythons at any life stage.

I'd see if you can't get the snake switched to frozen/thawed. Then you can breed your own rats, freeze what you can't immediately use, and feed it as you need it.

If not, maybe you can see if there are others in your area who would be interested in buying extra rats off you? Maybe even the pet store - you could make a trip down there every couple weeks or so.
 
Ill keep trying to switch him to frozen. That would be so much easier.

Another question though, Your sig says 8.8 BB and 1.3 cornsnakes..what does that mean?
 
The number before the decimal means males and the number after means females. So 8.8 means I have eight males and eight females. You can also use a third number, 2.5.1 for example, and the last number would mean the number of unsexed animals - so two males, five females, one unsexed in my previous example. I've also seen a fourth number added to mean the number of unhatched eggs.
 
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