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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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i got leopard gecko eggs wootness :D
I'm incubating at 82.4 degrees (females i might do male's next clutch but that's in the future I'm more focused on these eggies.)

mack snow female Athena X super hypo carrot tail hyper xanthic male Venom

Pictures to come soon.:D:thumbsup::D:D
 
they are starting to dent already T_T i have increased the humidity some but now my incubator is acting strange and heating up to much or to little
 
the smallest egg is looking good its still a little dented but it is looking pretty good, the bigger one is dented in the side dont think it is fertile but i will keep incubating it until im dead sure it isnt going to hatch.
 
think the smaller egg is going to be a male, temps finally settled and its 88.4 degrees inside the incubator's egg chamber i made. still incubating though. cant wait to see the little one that hatches out. other egg is starting to inflate just a tiny bit but not much. i still have hope. still have a little while to go. this is now day 10 and everything looks good. the incubation time is what 45 days? i know that is a lot of time but its what i read. guess i shall do more reading. im good with hatchlings but until they hatch i have no idea what im really doing other then checking on them, making sure they are not cold or not hot. and making sure the humidity is just right (which it is).
 
That's a pretty big fluctuation to go from 82.4- 88.4 in 9 days...if the temps keep fluctuating like that, you are running the risk of deformities and possibly death. Keeping a towel over your incubator and also keeping a bag of water in the incubator helps keep the temps stable. Try not to keep opening your incubator, as this just increases the temp fluxes.

Eggs that incubate at 88 degrees should hatch in about 30-40 days. At 82 degrees, they should be hatching around 60-70 days. 120 days is incredibly long for an egg to incubate. I haven't heard of a leopard gecko egg incubating for that long.

Good luck with your eggs, the wait is always the hardest part. Try to get the temp fluxes under control as best you can. 2 degrees here and there is no big deal but 7 degrees is a bit much.
 
latest entry: (sorry doing this post like a journal now maybe it will help future breeders maybe i duno..)

Date: 5/15/10 day 16 of incubating eggs.

Egg condition: good dented a little still but eggs have no mold or fungus.
current temperature: 83 degrees
Parents:
(Father) name: Venom. Morph: super hypo carrot tail hyper xanthic
(Mother) name: Athena. morph: Mack snow.
Substrate they are on: Vermiculite.
Water to substrate ratio: 1:1
Incubator used: Hovabator
Date laid: 4/30/10
Egg size: about 1 inch to 1.5 inches.

quick warning for those with slow internet here are Pictures as promised of the parents and the eggs:

Venom:


Athena:
shes also expecting another clutch i think shes showing the signs of getting ready to lay soon.

The eggs:

Enjoy the photos
 
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Good luck with those eggs! That is a huge flux, but hopefully you caught & corrected it quick enough. Next time- set up your inc when breeding starts, so by time they are laid, you already know its stable and working properly. 1.1 ratio sounds slightly high to me, esp for vermic., but you know, you got nothing to lose. Let em cook til they DONE lol
 
it was set up 2 weeks before the eggs came the huge fluctuations were coming from my room so i moved the incubator down to the first floor under a table. i think next time I'm just going to put them in the front of my snake racks i have a few tubs that are empty.
 
day 17 my worst fears came true, the eggs died while i was out having fun with my mom at a shopping center, came home finished putting groceries away and getting ready to make the dragon's their salads i checked the eggs and found they were molded and severely dented and brown on the bottom. incubation temp is the same as it has been since fluctuations were fixed humidity same. I'm extremely sad but i understand this happens sometimes.

RIP eggies
 
Sorry about your loss. That's happened to me before and I hate it. Right now I have two eggs incubating on there 19th day so far there ok.
 
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