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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.
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
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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.

Uncooled Female BP

I have actually heard from a couple of people who breed at the wheaton expo that the cooling period is a myth and is not needed? Secondhand knowledge, but I am curious, is there any truth to it?
 
Cervine said:
I have actually heard from a couple of people who breed at the wheaton expo that the cooling period is a myth and is not needed? Secondhand knowledge, but I am curious, is there any truth to it?
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Not cooled.

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Steve, Is this the 1st time you have gotten eggs from an un-cooled female?If not,what was your success rate on that clutch/es?Thanks, John
 
I knew that colubrids could have good clutches without being cooled, but wasn't sure about BP's. We just bought a new house last year and we moved during November month. Well my female BP ended up pregnant (I know it sounds weired, but I was thinking, "Man did she just cool in that short amount of time it took us to move bc I know there was a drop in temp for her, but it only lasted a week) and I thought they would all be duds, but she had 100% healthy bp babies. I've always cooled all of mine, but the reason I was asking is bc I'm getting ready to pick up 2 large girls next weekend who have not been cooled, but I have a mojave and a lesser platnium that I want to put with them, but I don't want it to be a waste of time if the female doesn't take. Thanks for any and all responses!!!!

SPJ you give me hope! haha
 
shlages said:
Steve, Is this the 1st time you have gotten eggs from an un-cooled female?If not,what was your success rate on that clutch/es?Thanks, John
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The only time I bombed was when I tried to pair up some BP's in August when it was hot. They paired up but no eggs.
 
Oops. Let me clarify the hatch rate.
One egg had twins in it. Only one survived. The other died right after emerging.
 
You could always use your quarantine period to do any feed or temp cycling you wanted...:rolleyes:...
 
hhmoore said:
You could always use your quarantine period to do any feed or temp cycling you wanted...:rolleyes:...
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Bingo! Don't rush things. It's better to miss a year than to risk your established animals. Quarantine, quarantine, quarantine! 3 months minimum. Why do we all have to learn this the hard way? UGH! :shrug01: 3 months gives you time to make sure they're healthy as well as cycle them if you so choose. You have to protect your male, he doesn't know any better. Lol.
 
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