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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.

Uromastyx Care

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I'm considering getting a uro. I've done the research on them and everything, but I'd like to hear from actual uro owners about things that they've personally experienced or that aren't on your old run of the mill care sheet.
 
Don't use sand, use White millet. It's dirt cheap and it keeps everything nice and dry with no dust. Uro's are cage 're-decorators.' Don't get attached to your setup, because they will just knock everything over. I've found feeding to be interestig when you start. Each uro has his/her preference and sometimes are stubborn about it. I had one that would only eat carrots for the first 3 months, then I managed to get him to eat bok choi, spinnach, etc. You might need to try different types of food until they get used to you and then they'll accept pretty much anything.
 
I recently adopted a couple of uros as well ( Mali's/Saharans ) and had a couple of question. I've got the general husbandry down but the prior owners were feeding veggies/fruits and iguana chow ( which they actually didnt touch ). I've read about the proper diet, including millet, lentils and other seeds but nothing mentioned whether the seeds are fed whole and dry, ground, soaked or sprouted. can you comment?
 
I've heard some will soak and some will feed dry. I only feed greens, dusted with calcium, and mixed beans. I also mix in baby/juvie bearded dragon pellets (which they love) with the beans. They'll pick through and eat what they like.
 
My Saharans loved dry seeds. My Egyptian hardly touches them.

Aside from that, he gets grated veggies and dark leafy greens, as well as beans...which he also, rarely touches.
 
As far as stuff you won't find on your run-o'mill caresheets....

Make sure you have a wide temp gradient with a HOT basking spot. Try 120-140'F (thats basking surface temps, NOT ambient temps). Uros also like to hide warm. Provide plenty of shelters both on the hot and cool sides of the enclosure. They will bask, but you will just as often find them resting underneath something on the basking end.

When you get one, give it time to adjust to its new habitat. Don't handle it excessively for the first week. Uros can be quite shy at first; you have to let them get used to things on their own.
 
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