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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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Scarlet king snake

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So I'm sleeping peacefully this morning and Connie comes rushing into the bedroom around 9:30am telling me I HAVE to get up to see what she found. So I stumbled out to the front porch and she tells me to look in the 5 gallon bucket that is sitting there.

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Pretty little thing! She said she saw him crawling along by the back door of the old reptile building. I guess he heard about how there used to be free food around here for snakes. Connie opened the door to look for something to try to put him in, and he tried to crawl into the open doorway. She had to scold him a bit, and I guess it's a good thing it was only 59 degrees out, as he was a bit slow and didn't just bolt away from her. Anyway, she found the 5 gallon bucket, and I'm still not sure how she got the snake into the bucket, as I'm sure she didn't pick him up.

Anyway, we set him out in the grass by one of the garden areas and I took a few more pics of him, then went back to bed. Maybe we'll see him again some time....

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The best day I ever had collecting in New Jersey was during an abnormally cold day in June MANY years ago. Wound up catching about a half dozen gravid coastal plains milk snakes that day. They were all laying right underneath the very first layer trying to catch whatever warmth they could without being exposed.
 
Coastals will not shy away from cool weather, I have seen them as late as mid November. actually they are more visible/active in cooler weather.

we are just starting to reach the 50's, week and a half ago we had a major snow storm.

After the first of May it will start warming up, then I walk the center of shallow fresh water streams that eventually turn brackish than saltwater.these are the domains of spotted turtles in the water, box turtles up on the grassy banks along with many different kinds of snakes.eastern chain kings are the king of the hill there.

time to charge up the camera battery.:yesnod:
 
That is so cool to find such a beautiful snake roaming free in your yard, even cooler that is still free. Florida is such a big state, it's nice to know there it still so much undeveloped habitat out there. I used to see a huge yellow Pine Snake here 2 - 3 times per year, but I had head it was run over a few years ago, I always regretted not catching and letting it go somewhere with less people.
 
Oops just found out the large Pine Snake I have told people about that used to be seen in the is area was actually an Everglades Rate Snake. I just had a 3 to 4' go by front door the other day and friend said look at that Everglades rat to which I replied I thought that was a pine snake, oops no it was and Everglades rat, tan with 2 lines down the back, very cool encounter.
In the last month I have seen cross by my front door, ring neck, black racer, scarlett king and now everglades rat, I need a snake crossing sign.
 
I love kingsnakes.
They just do it for me.
Scarlet kings are so so cool.
I've never kept one but would like to.
You are blessed to have them in your yard.
I'd love to have a trio in my collection.
Nice pics.
Andy
 
EdgarMoreno said:
Where is this "old reptile building" at ? I'd like to go herping there.
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That building is in my yard. No more reptiles in it. Now it holds Connie's yoga exercise room, my music room, work room, and storage rooms.
 
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