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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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My allergies and asthma have gotten so bad that I no longer can keep the snakes on aspen and no longer keep rodents in the house. So I have switched the snakes to newspaper and the rodents are going to be fed off this weekend and start purchasing frozen rats. Hopefully I shouldn't have too much of a problem switching them over. My question is this, how will this affect the humidity in the rack? I soak the snakes once a week when I clean them. Should I mist them now? If so, how often? Anything else that I need to consider? Thanks
 
Misting them would be a good idea, but in tubs, they hold humidity pretty well. so you probably would only have to do it once or once every other day. ( 50% humidity is fine for ball pythons)

as for buying frozen rats. Get them From Big Cheese Rodent Factory. Ive heard nothing but good about those guys!!
 
Paper vs aspen should not result in much difference in humidity (unless you really soak the aspen). Remembering the type of rack you have (built from Clay's plans), you should be ok from that perspective...but you may need to mist a bit more often during the winter months.
I have used both Rodent Pro, and American Rodent. American Rodent's unit prices are higher, but the total price may be lower with the free shipping (depends on the order).
 
Adding a humidifier to the room you keep them in will fix the humidity problem. I use unprinted newspaper and keep a whole-house humidifier in the snake room -- it's set at 60% and they do just fine. I mist them the day they turn clear from being blue, just to aid in shedding. That's it. The added humidity may help your allergies too.
 
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