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    Putting this at the top so it will more likely be read rather than skipped over.

    If you read below, you will see that I disabled the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025 in the hopes that I could get you all to donate AT LEAST $25 per day to make up the shortfall such an action would entail to financially support this site. I just got finished checking the stats through PayPal of the previous 6 months, and I plainly see that this did not happen. Yes, some people donated more that the bottom level Contributor Membership, but equally plain is that most people don't give a crap as long as they get a place to advertise their animals and merchandise for free. Well excuse me. I asked for help and apparently that fell on a lot of deaf and uncaring ears. Do you feel it unfair of me to want to make some money from this site, just as YOU are apparently wishing to do? I sure do hope that concept doesn't shock and offend you. But it is what it is. As such I will be reinstating that Google Adsense Ads as soon as I get around to it .

    Burdensome are they? Well, I don't like them either, but I gave you the opportunity to show me they weren't needed to keep this site financially solvent. You blew it. Don't like the ads and want to go elsewhere? Sorry about that. Bye bye. Good luck to you. You left me no choice if this site is going to remain alive. It is either that or I just pull the plug on this site and you all will HAVE to go elsewhere. Yes, I know some people will be overjoyed by such a move, and personally I really don't care about that. I have done my part as best I can. I really don't need to be doing this AT ALL.

    And please, don't come to me asking me to donate this site to you. Screw that. I didn't go through all the headaches running this site for decades to just GIVE it to someone. I would just as soon see it become just a footnote in the history books.

    Do I sound angry? Sorry if I come across this way. In reality, I am just VERY disappointed in the whole herp industry in how they treated this site. Snubbed it, really. Oh well. I guess it was my fault for expecting (hoping?) for more out of people.

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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 of 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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Inquiry S&S exotics your experiances?

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so i cant seem to find much on them, iam hopeing to order some chipmunks from them when there avalible as there the only source i can find, if anyone knows another let me know, aside from helens littel critters

they seem OK, just wondering what other peoples dealing with them on reptiles or mammales has been


thanks
 
S&S exotics houston

Hi I;ll start off my saying dont do it. I got a suppose female honduran off of them as soon as i opened it up and probed it , It was a male . I called them back to tell them it a male and i wanted a refund and they said if i pay shipping. They kepted calling me threw out the day giving me reasons why it was a female and telling me I WAS WRONG. I will never buy from there again ever.

seth rock
 
If it's S&S in Houston this might help with your decision. This thread was pulled from KS but I'd grabbed a screen shot to remind me never to deal with them.

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A direct quote of the first sentence of their terms of service.

"We do not offer any type of guarantee on our animals"

To me, that sentence says it all. stay away...far away from these people.
 
i've been to the store and it is disgusting. the cages are never cleaned and the animals looked very poor. I wouldn't purchase anything from them. They are obviously just in the business for the money and obviously care nothing about the health of their animals.
 
I haven't been to the store, but I live in this area, and I hear nothing but negative comments about that store and business. I have never heard one good thing about them, especially where reptiles are concerned.
 
This is weird. We JUST had another thread on this business maybe two months ago and people who lived near the place liked it but those who bought online/had things shipped complained of lackluster animals. Now it seems all negative. Is Suzette's business on the rocks?
 
hmmm that dos not sound good:(, can anyone link me to there thread afew months back?

dos anyone have any mammle buying experiences with them? like i said there the only place i can find that gets chipmunks, and theres some other mammls i whant from them as well, but its mainly chippies

and i live in canada, and we dont have them here, so iam going to a lot of trouble and expense to get afew up here, from what i can figure out it will cost me $600+ or so to get two pairs shipped to WA and brought back and then theres taxes and exchange on them, so i whant to be sure iam getting good animals

and to make things worse after june 1 i will need a passport to enter the US, wich i dont have and probably wont get so i dont have long to find some and order them..
 
I have been to the store multiple times as well, but I would not recommend purchasing from them online or even from the store if you don't know what your looking at or what to look for. Some of their animals may be ok, but I highly recommend examining the animal even though you can't see problems on the inside. I second purchasing from a breeder. Even if it takes longer to find one, your certain to get a good animal.

Direct quote from their website: "We do not offer any type of guarantee on our animals."

Previous BOI threads:
S&S Exotic Animals, Inc. in Texas (Inquiry)

SS Exotic Animals-- Deal with them and lose your money!
 
I went to the store last year when I was in Texas and it was pretty nice, the animals looked well taken care of. I've been contemplating buying some exotic mammals from them as well, but with all of the bad stuff I've heard I probably won't.
 
I have bought several animals from them, but will not buy from them again. If you are not able to walk in the store and hand select an animal, sex the animal yourself, and have a vet verify the health of the animal before money is transferred, then you are setting yourself up for a bad transaction with these people. It doesn't matter how much experience you have with a particular species, if something goes wrong they will blame YOU! Even if you prove that they are at fault, they will simply refer to their terms of service which essentially says that they are not responsible for anything.
 
I sell Richardson's Ground Squirrells, and my supplier gets them from Canada. I'm not sure where in Canada, but you might check out some stores there and see if there are any for sale. Sure, they are not chipmonks, but at least they are small. They look like mini prairie dogs, which I also sell. Small, cute, and friendly.
 
dos anyone know any private breeders? i cant find any that are actualy breeding them, except helens little critters and i read afew bad things about ther, plus hers are $150 wich is a bit expensive for me, healthy chipmunks are more important to me than tame ones

Ken Foose, iam pretty sure i know ware your supplier gets his RGS from up here, i had a pair i caught in alberta and tried to breed, but that did not work out to well, iam hopeing when i go there in may i can get afew babys if there not to old yet, when you get them young they make good pets and they are realy cute, but WC adults are nasty SOBs, you cant realy get them in pet stores here for some reason not sure why as there a pest and everyone kills them, when i got my pair late in the year i had a hard time finding any, most had been shot poisoned or eaten by badgers.....
 
I have a Dilute female an Agouti male and tomorrow I'm getting a Dilute Male. I may sell my Agouti male since he'll be single, or I'll re-pair him.

I got my female Dilute from an exotic animal auction last year called "Mt. Hope Exotic Bird and Animal Auction" and I got my Agouti from Helens Little Critters. The business was taken over by someone else, and now there are no problems that I know of. I had my Agouti shipped about six months ago and didn't have any issues. I'm getting my male Dilute from a breeder who posted on his ad on the Chipmunk website that was previously posted.

If your interested I can give you a list of exotic animal auctions. You can also subscribe to The Animal Finders Guide (http://www.animalfindersguide.com/) which is like a classified for exotic animals, you can find them in there sometimes, and auctions post ad in there as well.
 
Other options, breeders, animals, etc, are better suited to the discussion forums...this is about S&S Exotics.
 
My experience with them S&S went like this, I inquired on a kingsnake ad they had up, looked good enough. But then I read the terms and they are so ridiculous I had to ask them to clarify. So I asked them about the shipping or health gaurantee. They told me they would not refund, replace, or do anything under any circumstance! So they could put a dead chipmunk into a box and ship its rotting carcass to you, take your money, and say, "hey our terms specifically state there are no gaurantees of any kind".

Wow. that just screams quality. I know that my comments here may seem harsh, but seriously... this is an industry based on trust, and as a business they certainly dont have mine. Of course that just my opinion, but it doesnt look like its out of line with common experience. so yeah stay away from those guys.
 
I have been to the store multiple times. I have seen cages that are less than perfect but there are very few high volume pet stores that have perfect cages. I am suprised at their shipping terms. I am local so I have never looked at that. I see an issue with not at least having a live animal guarantee. I will say that they have one employee named Robert who is wonderful. He will answer any question you have and will verify the sex of the animal(at least snakes in my experience) before you purchase. He is always willing to help out and show you all of the animals. The store personel are not pushy either. They ask if you need help and then leave you alone to look. The stock changes pretty regularly too and they have some interesing species! It don't think I would put it as a place to avoid.

In respone to a comment about knowing what you are buying, this should be a given when purchasing any animal. If you cannot walk into a pet shop and know exactly what you are buying, you need to do more research.
 
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