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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.

What is a proper feeding schedule for boas?

Well, well this will always be a personal preference choice as to how often any of us are going to feed our snakes. I was like most of the other folks replying here, I read all I could & the consensus was to feed at least once a week during the rapid growth period. I must admit I did feed my snakes in this manner in the beginning, but as I ventured into more different species, I realized that way of thinking just wouldn't work every time.

I now feed different schedules for different age groups & species. Most are now on a 2 week for under 1 yr. & 3 to 4 week for over 1 yr. I will say I am not a breeder, mine are for my pleasure as a hobbyist & I have no desire to get them to a forced size. If it takes longer than someone else to get mine to a mature size, that is quite alright with me & none of mine are underweight or sickly for my slow growing of them.

I can attest to the health & well being of Tommy's, aka Metachrosis boas as I went to his home & picked my beautiful hypo female up in person. I got the royal tour of all his gorgeous snakes & he told me all about how he raises them. His setup is right on & the whole operation is super, so I have to say he definitely knows what he's talking about. I would follow his advice over something written in a book. Or on a google search by someone I've never met & cannot for any certainty know for sure even follows his/her own examples.

Everyone will agree & disagree on various things written or posted about this subject. I too have my agreements & disagreements about some of the comments, but in the end it's the snake & it's health & well being that should determine how you take care of it. If how you feed your snake(s) is working for you, then who's to say it is wrong?!
 
Mikkwa said:
Well, well this will always be a personal preference choice as to how often any of us are going to feed our snakes. I was like most of the other folks replying here, I read all I could & the consensus was to feed at least once a week during the rapid growth period. I must admit I did feed my snakes in this manner in the beginning, but as I ventured into more different species, I realized that way of thinking just wouldn't work every time.

I now feed different schedules for different age groups & species. Most are now on a 2 week for under 1 yr. & 3 to 4 week for over 1 yr. I will say I am not a breeder, mine are for my pleasure as a hobbyist & I have no desire to get them to a forced size. If it takes longer than someone else to get mine to a mature size, that is quite alright with me & none of mine are underweight or sickly for my slow growing of them.

I can attest to the health & well being of Tommy's, aka Metachrosis boas as I went to his home & picked my beautiful hypo female up in person. I got the royal tour of all his gorgeous snakes & he told me all about how he raises them. His setup is right on & the whole operation is super, so I have to say he definitely knows what he's talking about. I would follow his advice over something written in a book. Or on a google search by someone I've never met & cannot for any certainty know for sure even follows his/her own examples.

Everyone will agree & disagree on various things written or posted about this subject. I too have my agreements & disagreements about some of the comments, but in the end it's the snake & it's health & well being that should determine how you take care of it. If how you feed your snake(s) is working for you, then who's to say it is wrong?!
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I couldn't of said it better.
 
Well said Rick,
These animals are not Plug and Play toys as some seem to assume.
There is no one size fits all,they are NOT Designed to be cared for by animals with rationalization skills.
The only real "trick" is for a human mind to understand"the less you do" the better off your captives will be.Pull that rabbit outta the hat and things go much better for all involved.

As for the fasting,it will not hurt for an animal to fast acouple months
Where is the potential harm in allowing design its natural process?
Were not talking a 12 Step detox for an addictive habit,just cut'em off the chow
and begin anew.

I would also encourage folks to try the diet diversity thing,its pretty cool
to get involved like this with your animals.
Boa's do well when fed chicken,quail,rabbits,squirrel,hamsters,gerbils etc.
Everything comes in assorted sizes to fit so give it a go!
 
I knew I shouldn't have posted here,LOL. I sooo don't need anymore snakes, but you know me...I will take a look!! Thanks I'll message her, tho' I know better than to.
 
Thought I might add that when I reduced my boas to there current feeding schedule, there aggression or lack of aggression did not change. As some people might think a fat snake is a tame snake, it is not always true, if at all. They do tend to me more active, seeming to to be looking for food, which I like to see.
 
mxracer4life said:
Thought I might add that when I reduced my boas to there current feeding schedule, there aggression or lack of aggression did not change. As some people might think a fat snake is a tame snake, it is not always true, if at all. They do tend to me more active, seeming to to be looking for food, which I like to see.
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Exactly. It makes me chuckle when I hear that feeding them every 10-14 days reduces bite occurrences. I have a female Honduran, that I'll gladly feed every 10 days for a month or so...BUT, someone has to come visit me, and attempt to get her out of her cage in return. I bet you receive yourself a chomping, maybe 2 or 3, regardless of how much food is in her belly. :yesnod:

And I too notice the activity increase after a couple weeks go by. One of the key factors in me maintaining the schedule I use. They actually get some exorcize now, instead of just laying there all the time. How is that not beneficial to ANY animal?
 
crotalusadamanteus said:
Exactly. It makes me chuckle when I hear that feeding them every 10-14 days reduces bite occurrences. I have a female Honduran, that I'll gladly feed every 10 days for a month or so...BUT, someone has to come visit me, and attempt to get her out of her cage in return. I bet you receive yourself a chomping, maybe 2 or 3, regardless of how much food is in her belly. :yesnod:

And I too notice the activity increase after a couple weeks go by. One of the key factors in me maintaining the schedule I use. They actually get some exorcize now, instead of just laying there all the time. How is that not beneficial to ANY animal?
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Exactly.
 
I have noticed a few "habits" that my snakes seem to have made a daily or every other day occurrence.
My youngest snake (4 months old) I have on a once weekly schedule.
My second oldest (a yearling) is on the same schedule.
I have 2 09 females. One was on a weekly feeding basis when I got her and the other was on a every two weeks schedule. Obviously the weekly eater is larger..

With the two younger boas, they have a habit of being in their hides during the day, and during the night they cruise about their cages and monkey around. (Yes I know they are nocturnal animals.)

The every two weeks female acts the exact same way. Out and about at night.


When I first got the weekly fed female, she just laid around, and only moved for water. She didn't move during the night, actually she was more active during the day..I decided I would change her feeding schedule to every two weeks rather than weekly just to see what would happen.

Her aggression didn't change, she wasn't any different attitude wise. After a few feeding on her new schedule she started to act the same way as the rest of them. It was very interesting to see happen, and I'm actually surprised at the difference it made.

Just figured I would throw some info out there for those that are still "on the fence" about the issue.
 
Very interesting thread and many good points provided. My boas are typically on a 12-14 day schedule with smaller prey items. Looks like I may mix it up a bit. Thanks all!
 
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