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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.

Saharan Uro still not eating

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I received the Uro ( young adult red male ) on 8-20-13, everything looked good and was eating properly. The seller had already treated for parasites before they were shipped. I received 4 of them, the red female is starting to show the same signs, but the yelow male and yellow female seem to be doing fine and eating. All the cages are similar and set up the same way. The red male is being housed in a Vision cage model #322 ( 36" wide - 23" deep - 21" high ) Uvb is a Zilla Slimline Desert 50 UVB T8 Fluorescent Fixture, and is 10-12 inches above his basking spot, cool end temp is 79F, warm end temp is 85F, basking temp 115F-130F depending where he chooses to lay on the 12"x12" slate tile, produced by a Sylvania 50w halogen spot par 30. He has 12 hour on and 12 hour off light schedule. He had been eating spring mix salad dusted with calcium and vitamins, ground 15 bean soup mix, universal blend bird seed, and millet.1 month later he stopped eating and started losing weight, after 4 days of not eating ( only weighing 86 grams ) I took him to the vet. On 9-24 he was given Baytril antibiotic, Panacur, Flagyl, and tube fed Science diet A&D canned food by the vet, and was sent home with Baytril to receive a shot once per day for 10 days. During this time I would occasionally soak him. On 10 -3 -13 he was not any better and had lost more weight ( weighing 79 grams ) I took him back to the vet, this time I had a stool sample to take along for a fecal test, which came back negative. The vet again treated him with Panacur, Flagyl, and Science Diet a&d canned food. Since then I have been tube feeding him with the Science Diet, yogurt for the live cultures, and infant Ensure for the easy digestibility. He still has a mix of greens, spring mix salad, 15 bean soup mix, universal blend bird seed and iguana pellets available daily with the occasional soak. He usually basks most of the day just laying there like he is sleeping and when he does move I find him in the warm side hide. The vet said there is not much more to do, except keep feeding him and hope he starts eating on his own again, he will eat or die. Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts or is there something I am missing. Just trying to keep him fed and hydrated for now.Thank You
 
Update- In the past couple of days the red saharan male uro has started eating again on his own. Will continue to monitor.
 
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