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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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I got a very unusual Request the other day. I was out and about and started talking with some people while waiting in line, Somehow we got onto the topic of reptiles and I began speaking on my Ball and Burm collection and How I was expecting Eggs from a Normal Female Breed to my Albino Male Bp. The couple acted as if they were interested Aking questions when are they due? How many are you expecting? I said Im hoping within the next 40-50 days she'll lay. They then began to talk about the Burm and when she should lay I tell them it will be at least a year before I breed her. The last question to be asked by them was How much I would charge per egg before they hatched. Yes thats right They only want the eggs. I was stunned and speachless for a minute and told them I didnt know I would have to see how many she laid. Has ANY one else ever had this sort of request? I mean they were 125% serious about it
 
That is weird. I know some birds can be purchased in egg, but had no idea reptiles would be too. I'd have to ask what they plan to do with the eggs.
 
Maybe you've uncovered a whole new market?

You can indeed buy fertile hatching eggs from birds, but since birds' eggs need to be turned on a regular basis and can be allowed to get chill at the beginning and still be hatched(chill within reason of course), they are much hardier when it comes to moving them. Since reptile eggs are generally not supposed to be turned, I would think moving them for sale would be more risky.

Of course, if they want to eat them, then hey.. burmese lay a LOT of eggs, and if you were to just breed for eggs to sell for food... although I'd wonder about laws regarding selling food products.

Definitely odd!
 
Thats what I was thinking I mean diffrent cultures diffrent dishes right I mean I see signs for Chicken eggs all the time and I know some exotic dishes go for a thousand or two easy depending on the species being consummed I dont know but it struck me as odd either way
 
probably considered an aphrodisiac somewhere..... turtle eggs aren't that different and are consumed all over the world for this purpose.....
 
But what would the rest of the Reptile Industry think about it? How would you price just the eggs? Would it be wrong just to sell the eggs for the purpose of being consumed?
 
How would price just the eggs? By what could be inside? What would the rest of the Reptile Industry think about it? Would it be incorrect/ not right to sell the egg for the purpose of being consumed?
 
I would think that they weren't going to look to pay anymore than a few dollars per egg if they were to be consumed. I would equate the value of the egg to the wholesale price of an unstarted hatchling, which is a little more than a few dollars..... not much more, but enough to make an egg not worth selling.
 
Several years ago I had the same request.

Snake eggs are often used in SE Asia for a variety of traditional treatments. Per a number of people I used to work with (Thai, Vietnamese and Laotian), when available in the traditional "medicinal" market, snake eggs can sell for $6-$30+++ each depending on species.

I can't say that I didn't think long and hard about it. If I would've kept corns at the time, I may well have taken them up on it.

Mind you, this is an entirely unregulated transaction and I have NO IDEA about the legality in your area (or in mine for that matter). I am pretty sure the USDA or some other regulatory body would have more than a few opinions on this!

Sincerely,
Paul E. Turley
 
Well, what difference would there be in selling eggs and selling eggs from quail or ducks or chickens really? They're all eggs. The people would have to pay a premimum price for them to make it worth keeping and breeding a snake the size of the burmese too. The upkeep of the parent snakes would have to be calculated and then the price divided amoung the eggs, then a mark up so there would be profit. That would probably mean the eggs would be too pricy for just eating for fun, but for medicinal style things, people might pay for it.
 
Eww.. like that traditional dish with unhatched chicks or ducks(I forget which) that they pickle or something? Boolut I think it's called. I'd eat it... if I was starving. Otherwise I think I'd rather have a PB&J.
 
I wonder if their are laws pertaining to the sale of reptile eggs in my area Imma have to check that one out
 
Wolfy-hound said:
Eww.. like that traditional dish with unhatched chicks or ducks(I forget which) that they pickle or something? Boolut I think it's called. I'd eat it... if I was starving. Otherwise I think I'd rather have a PB&J.
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Ack!! those things are so gross. I think I'd rather eat my own hand than those.
 
I had a Chinese friend who would come to my house and always comment on how my Boa was getting to "eating size". He was teasing me, but the feeling was always there that if I'd said "OK" we'd probably have been stir-frying in a heartbeat.....
 
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