• 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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    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.

yELLOW tAILS AT lllrEPTILE

I generally do not recommend anyone acquire WC D. corais, unless they have a solid background working with the species, as WC specimens are often plagued by internal parasitic loads, dehydrated and temperamental. It can take a year, or longer, to successfully treat internal parasitic loads and I normally keep such specimens in quarantine for 18 months, as Drys are often senstive to many conventional forms of treatment. Also, most all WC specimens become dehydrated during transport and few are sufficiently hydrated upon arriving to the US and making it to their final captive destination. This creates a precarious situation for the snakes, as dehydration causes both accute and chronic renal failure, the latter of which, often goes unnoticed by the inexperienced keeper, as the snake will feed and appear outwardly healthy. However, many simply end up dead within the enclosure for no apparent reason within weeks or even months.
Should you harbor a good deal of experience with Drymarchon spp. and/or the acclimation of WC specimens, then you may find the acquisition of WC D. corais both enjoyable and rewarding. Should you not harbor such experience, I'd recommend you hold onto your hard earned money for the acquisition of CB or established LTC specimens, as such do become available on occassion and a bit of patience will get you far with Drys...



Best regards,

Jeff
 
I will do just that. I do not infact have exp. with WC yellow tails(or any cribo or indigo) and so I will steer clear from them. I'm sure you understand that it is tempting seeing as no one seams to have any cb/ltc affordable cribos/indigos(and im not talking about $1100 being a good price for an eastern indigo since i would never pay that much for 1 animal).

Thanks again jeff. You are truly an asset to these boards. Shoot me a pm if you see any indigos/cribos or better yet, an adult/sub adult False Water Cobra.
Matt
 
Depends they are both very nippy. The female even tried to eat my thumb but is very very good looking. the male is 7' or so the female around 4.5. The male I heard got some sort of fungal infection from his cage or one of the other snakes in there decided to beat on him. I am not sure of the reason so he is not for sale right now. I went and looked at both of these snakes the day they came in. Did you look at them? If so what did you think?
 
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