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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.

I need some info on bad business practices.

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I need some help. I currently live in the Pacific Nothwest, Seattle area. My wife was informed about a reptile/aviary place. So my wife and I went and checked it out. I was appalled by what I saw in this establishment. I saw Jackson and Veiled Chameleons housed in the same housing, even though it was an extremely large enclosure, his choice of decorations was quite depressing. It appeared as if he just cut down a bush and trimmed his tree's from his front yard and threw it in the enclosure a few years ago. There are leaves rotting on the floor of the enclosure, the smell was absolutely disgusting. My biggest concern was, the fact that he had absolutely no means of UVB in the enclosure. He heated and lighted the enclosure by only using regular household light bulbs. The chameleons themselves were dehydrated, a noticable sign was their sunken eyes.
The enclosure right next to the chameleons was even more depressing. It housed 4 adult bearded dragons and 1 unknown mali uromastyx, the lighting again was only household light bulbs. The enclosure itself was extremely dirty, not with dragon waste, but was covered in dirt, cob webs all over, and even spider webs in the corners with dead crickets trapped in the webs. The most disturbing thing about this enclosure was the fact that it was only maybe a 2 foot by 2 foot enclosure. So let me sum up this enclosure - 4 adult bearded dragons and 1 uromastyx in a 2 foot by 2 foot enclosure, lit only by household light bulbs with no UVB. There was apparant signs of MDB in this enclosure on one of the dragons.

Over in the corner, there was 2 extremely large snakes. I would say they were between 12-15 feet long. NO LIGHTING or souce of heat what so ever. The entire enclosure was absolutely filthy. The entire enclosure was about 8 foot by 5 foot. I truly cannot give a good description because I couldn't stand there very long due to the stench and the snakes really did not have enough room to move around. For the few seconds I was there I leaned up against the glass and the entire enclosure was ice cold. For snakes this size, I would say they would be alot fatter as well. They almost seemed lethargic.

The 20 or so bearded dragons kept in a critter keeper was the last straw. They were literally stacked on top of each other. The amount of waste and the appearance alone was just so disgusting that my wife and I decided that we were not going any further except out the door. We felt so bad that we just wanted to buy everything in it and take them home just to give them a descent home.

Now my question is, what can I do about this? Who can I contact to make sure that this type of environment will not be tolerated? My wife talked with the owner for a few minutes and asked were the UV bulbs were. He told my wife that UV is just a myth and is just a costly gimmick that was put on the market to make consumers spend more money. He stated that he has never used any form of UVB. This place truly needs to be shut down, and I will do anything to make sure this happens. I just need to be pointed in the right direction so I can make this happen. Any help will be greatly appreaciated. I did not mention the name of the place because I was not sure if I am allowed to.

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William Shuey
 
How horrible! You can contact your local Department of Agriculture. They're responsible for inspecting pet store conditions and those people sound like they're going to be slapped with one hell of a fine and probably lose their license.
 
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