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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.

For Sale RES Morphs, SNOW, Albino, Lemon-Lime

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I am reluctantly looking to thin out my beloved collection to focus on a new turtle project. I am looking to sell three of my morph RES which were all purchased in 2010. All have put on significant growth and are hardy and way past the fragile hatchling stage.

1.0 Lemon-Lime RES trachemys scripta elegans. Purchased on 10/16/10. This specific turtle looks alot like an ultra-hypo RES up close but has deep blue eyes and a slight lime-green hue when studied up close. These differences are not easy to see from a distance. He has just started to show those tell tale signs that he is a male. He is 3 1/4 inches scl and priced at $200.

0.1 Albino RES trachemys scripta elegans. Purchased on 8/7/10. This is a beautiful albino and has shown nothing but female physical characteristics. The person who I bought her from is a trusted friend and none of his temp sexed hatchlings have proved to be wrong yet, and she definately looks female. She is 2 3/4 inches scl with a slight split of her last vertebral scute which is hardly noticeable. She is priced at $275.

0.1 Temp-Sexed SNOW RES trachemys scripta elegans. Purchased on 10/16/10. This is a terrific example of the snow morph. Absolutely no pattern and the most saturated red eyes you have ever seen. She is too small to sex for sure but again was temp sexed as female. To add to the female cause, this turtle does have split vertebral scutes in a zig-zag pattern on her back. She has doubled in weight in the last two months. She is 1 7/8 inches scl and is priced at $600. There are currently none of these for sale on any of the forums at this time, and the ones available in the coming months will not be past the hatchling stage like mine is, and will be more expensive.

I am willing to work price breaks for multiple animals and would be willing to take 10% off for premeir members on the forum.

Turtles under four inches are sold for bonafied scientific and/or educational purposes only. These animals will not be sold to any states where they are prohibited by law. Please know your state laws before contacting me. Please feel free to PM me here or email me at [email protected].
 

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