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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.

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I'll give it a shot!

I'm 29, petite brunette with glasses. I'm a full time massage therapy student (I will practice on you!) and when I'm not obsessing over herps, I'm a huge movie buff, especially horror and sci-fi, and I spend considerable time at my local hookah bar.

I keep Bismarck ringed pythons, locality boa constrictors and locality rosy boas, plus a few odds and ends just for fun. I'm looking to share my life with someone who shares my passion. You don't have to be into the same herps as I am for me to be interested.

I'm happy to exchange pics. Let's talk a little and then maybe a herp related date. I've been wanting to see the giant salamander that is temporarily on exhibit at the Shedd Aquarium.

Ok, let's see what happens! I didn't even realize this forum existed, and I've been using this site off and on for over a decade.
 
Mine are only 6-7 months old at this point, but I hope to some day.
 
i am a 31 year old apprentice tool and die making living in bluffton Indiana, I have a 5 year old savannah monitor and am in the process of putting together an enclosure for a baby roughneck monitor.

I love old classic movies, black and white noir, but popular ones. My favorite thing is to sit and chill on the couch watching a movie with my monitor lizard. I am interested in companionship with someone who shares my love for reptiles.
 
Thanks for responding. I met someone, but I appreciate the interest. Hope you find someone too.
 
Well, I'm glad for you, but I already have someone and have for years. My only interest was talking about your ring pythons, and I thought I had made that clear. Good for you.
 
lol, Now this is funny.
 
I think it should be clear that I was responding to crossfire, not faunasherman. I'll talk to anyone about ringed pythons any time.
 
Yeah, I looked through some of his threads. He has a problem with internet and comprehension. Kind of reminds me of my father in law, lol. I laughed pretty good over it.
 
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