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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.

Ackie Monitor question

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Hey yall first time posting so I hope Im in the right section. I purchased a trio of ackies 3 weeks ago, 4 months old from an experienced breeder. I was told they were two females and one male, although I am not experienced enough yet to tell the difference (these are my first monitors). I have had plated lizards, a beardie, many newts, and about three different skink species. They are currently housed in a 48" by 18" by 24" converted aquarium. Man am i impressed, very active and avid feeders and explorers. By far the most exciting to sit and watch. However, I only see two of them out, the third is always burrowed and will never come out when im around. I assume the two always out are the females because they look like clones of each other, although one has established her dominance as queen this past week. "queen" has no fear of me and the other only retreats if i move too fast or get within 6 inches of her. Both come to me when i have crickets though. I'm worried about the third (possibly the male) because i never see him eat. Extra food is always left in the tank for him, and the few times ive had to move his hut to clean tank and seen him, his belly looks just as wide as the others, so I'm assuming he's eating enough...I'm thinking about putting him in a separate tank just for feeding to be sure, but i fear this will make him even more skittish of me. Also, I'm trying to plan for the next tank for them, as a standard aquarium isn't ideal. Preferably something with front opening doors would be great. Any suggestions? If suggestions are for bought tanks/enclosures please specify where so i can research. Biggest concern is how to heat larger enclosures properly for the ackies since they need 130-150 as subadults into adulthood. I have been reading copious amounts on all around ackie care and figured I'd ask here too. Pretty long winded so I apologize but tried to get as much out to avoid further explaining. Thanks in advance!
 
My Melinus burrowed a lot when I first got him, but a few weeks later he started coming out by himself and although I never see him eat, he is always full and put on some weight. I would just check on your ackie regularly


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