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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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Smelly corns...

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Kind of an odd topic, but I've been curious for a while.

What is it about cornsnake poop smelling so bad? All of ours are perfectly healthy and all have a vets clean bill of health. We've kept everything from corns to lampropeltis, pituophis, nerodia, heterodon, morelia, atbs, rtbs, balls as well as veiled chams, beardies and uros, etc. We currently have 11 corns and man they can destroy thier tubs! I know everytime I open the door to our reptile room if a corns tub needs cleaned. It isn't just one or two, all of them reak. We also have 3 balls, 2 carpets, a rtb, an atb and a beardie at the moment. Now granted every once in awhile the others will dominate thier tubs/cages and stink up the room, but they rarely have any smell to thier poops. So tell me, why do corns stink so bad when they poo?
 
hold on, your beardie's poop doesn't stink? teach me how you pulled that one off, lol
 
Haven't smelled it yet, however, my buddy has a beardie and he says it stinks up his whole apartment. He has even gone as far as claiming jealousy. Haha.
 
man i can tell when one of my beardies go, and they are upstairs in a reptile room. wish i could give you more info on the corns but don't keep them. im sure someone will jump on and give you a hand though.
 
What the heck are you doing in the corn section, then? Haha. Cheers! There is bound to be a reason they stink. I've noticed my kings and bulls could be quite potent too sometimes. Why would they stink, but not my balls or carpets?
 
Corns should be just about as bad as a king or pit. They are worse than balls but that probably has more to do with the amount of moisture in the poo. Same reason you get more stink when they go in a water bowl than when they go on shavings. The more moisture the more that can evaporate and take the stink along with it. :shrug01:

My corns stink more than the balls, but they don't clear the room or anything. It is usually only barely noticeable until you open a tub. I did hear that feeding chicks instead of mice can add to the aroma, but don't know first hand.
 
Are some of them new. A change in food and water source can take a little bit to get used to. Just a thought. :shrug01:
 
I've had most of them at least 6 months. You are correct about the pits and kings. They smelled a bit too.

I heard about the chicks making it smell worse too, but I never tried it. They're doing just fine on rats and asf. No need to change.
 
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