• Posted 12/19/2024.
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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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What/Who is your biggest and oldest Boa?

Chicken legs? You mean the skinny legs of the hooker down the street, right?
 
Nah, I mean those big fat ones intended for frying. :thumbsup:

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Idk kinda looks like one chicks leg lmnao ok now I have heard of people feeding whole chicken but not parts lol
 
That was abig freaking chicken.

Mine is Kora I got her as a baby in 07 first snake I ever kept. Shes about 6- 6 1/2 ft and I could barely guess her weight to u. She has this nice orange pattern that looks like someone did a water color painting on her belly. Shes technically a normal but with how she looked as a baby Id say there is nuthin normal about her!

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Actually she just ate a guinea pig a few days before that pic. Thats why she looks all round and fat. But ive let her get empty and she still has the nice square body a boa should have. I thought for a moment there I was over doing it and would have to put her on a diet. If she does prove out to be nuthin more than a normal, then shes the prettiest dam one Ive seen!
 
I agree! You can always try chicken lol actually if Rich ever gets back on here, I wanna know the reasoning behind it. Snack? Or just a varying diet? I asked about switching my boas diet around. Birds are natural prey in the wild, so I don't see why it would be bad. Now my curiosity feelers are running rampant! Damn it, I'm a Leo, Rich! I'm a big ass curious kitty! LOL
 
Im a Leo too! Give it up to the mane!

And I always wondered about if a boa should have a varying diet?
 
I think the only negative thing was a boa can get set on one food item, say something expensive, and not want to eat rats anymore.
 
Cant say I've seen that! my boas will try to eat ur arm if they dont relize ur attached to it! U should seen when I put that stunned guinea pig in there. I havent seen her act like that in years. See, she got use to dead rats and would just lazily take them. Half the time not even wrapping. Took out the main thing that spark my snake intrest. But that gp brought out a dormant beast that lay in wait! "What the hell is that!?!?!" is all I heard from my neighbors, and then I closed the garage door. A couple days later I was holding her and she was happy as could be!
 
Had them around, and just figured I'd try it out one day, see how she acted. My Hog Island girl will eat them too, but the rest are still a tad small for those big ol legs.

I do it once in a while, just to vary her diet a little. I do prefer whole chicken for the more complete nutrition package, but they aren't always available in the right size.

I believe in a varied diet though. Never had a problem with them taking to one item and refusing others either. Although I have experienced that birds seem to wake a problem feeder up. For some reason, even a problem feeder seems to think birds are the frosting on the cake. :shrug01:
 
Ha! Busted Rich! Lol uhmmmm I was wondering where my step sister was, now I know! Lmnao
 
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