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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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... So, I was doing my routine inspection on the latest additions when I got distracted. I discovered her making her way into my shoe. I didn't pull her out fast enough and she ended up being a minor pain. She was enjoying the cozy hide apparently.


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Cmon, gotta post the bloody hand after that pic :p
 
I can honestly say that in all the time I've had snakes, I've yet to be tagged by one. I've dodged a few attempts on the one unruly female pine. Now... if she keeps the same attitude when she's a bit bigger, I might have a harder time dodging -that- one. T-T It'll happen on day, but for now I have a clean record. ;D

I've got a video of me pulling her out of the shoe. Hard as 'ell to do with one hand holding the camera, a cat trying to attack the shoe, unlacing the shoe to get the snake out, and then trying to pull her out when she doesn't want to leave.
 
Pachikat said:
I can honestly say that in all the time I've had snakes, I've yet to be tagged by one. I've dodged a few attempts on the one unruly female pine. Now... if she keeps the same attitude when she's a bit bigger, I might have a harder time dodging -that- one. T-T It'll happen on day, but for now I have a clean record. ;D

I've got a video of me pulling her out of the shoe. Hard as 'ell to do with one hand holding the camera, a cat trying to attack the shoe, unlacing the shoe to get the snake out, and then trying to pull her out when she doesn't want to leave.
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Do post ;-x that would be great. Ok? Ok. :D

And really? No bites? Lucky >_< my indigo even bit me :(
 
Lol. I'm extremely careful and I pay A LOT of attention to body language (Not saying that you don't or anything) I'm just overcautious to a fault sometimes. It's a habit I've developed after working with snakes that are muuuuuch more larger than me. >.> I've taken some pretty mean whacks from the tail of a green iguana though. Y________Y
 
Pachikat said:
Lol. I'm extremely careful and I pay A LOT of attention to body language (Not saying that you don't or anything) I'm just overcautious to a fault sometimes. It's a habit I've developed after working with snakes that are muuuuuch more larger than me. >.> I've taken some pretty mean whacks from the tail of a green iguana though. Y________Y
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Yeea... I could care less :rofl: I get tagged, I get tagged :yesnod: I'm not lookin foreward to when my nondwarf retic tags me. But if it happens it was ment to X_o

My indigo is sly tho >_> he'll act normal, then its like he asks if your food by sofly nosing your apendage, he then opens his mouth slowly pausing to look at you >_<
 
Utta said:
My indigo is sly tho >_> he'll act normal, then its like he asks if your food by sofly nosing your apendage, he then opens his mouth slowly pausing to look at you >_<
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Lol, that's too cute. xD xD I'd love to see that. I haven't seen any aggression in my pair of indies, other than when it's feeding time. They're getting to the point where they litterally DIVE out of their tubs before I can introduce them to the food item. Their feeding habits seem to be getting messier and messier, and they're far more quicker to strike now at any movement once the smell of dinner is in the air. Poor little F/T quail don't stand a chance. Tabris tagged one so hard the head flew off. :ack2:
 
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