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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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Sudden Death in 0.1 V. Prasinus

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I recently had an unexplainable death of one of my V. Prasinus. I can't find any answers or anything even close to my situation.

I purchased a proven pair of USCBB Merauke V. Prasinus from a breeder here in the U.S. This is a reliable breeder - tons of fantastic reviews, talked on the phone, held them for me while I built the enclosure, helped me along the way, etc. I built a 6Lx5Hx3D enclosure, with all sorts of branches, climbable walls, plants, etc. I received the animals Feb. 4th. and they were perfectly healthy. Within the day, they were both eating and exploring their enclosure. Fast-forward to one week ago, I noticed a lack of appetite, and presumed it to be developing follicles (follicle growth was later confirmed in autopsy) as I was told to expect this when she begins her breeding cycle. A few days after, I witnessed copulation between the two lizards numerous times. The female ate again, and both proceeded on normal behavior.

This past Friday, I checked on everyone as per usual, both lizards out basking and moving around perfectly fine, normal behaviors. This continued throughout the day, till about 3:30 PM when I noticed the female being suddenly lethargic and her eyes very cloudy (Looked like her inner eyelids were stuck over them, not certain if they were or not). Immediately I communicated with my breeder and scheduled an emergency vet visit for ASAP, which was the next morning. I took both lizards in just in case. The male received a clean bill of health. Female didn't get an exact diagnosis (Was told it seemed to be some type of infection), but was prescribed Fortaz and eye drops, and daily soaks. Injection, eye drops, and soaks began that day. By this point she was no longer moving on her own, and infrequently moving her tail and flicking her tongue. Later that night, she died. I had an autopsy performed this morning on her body, which I preserved, and absolutely nothing was found. I'm waiting on lab results.

Sorry for the essay. Has anyone ever heard of or experienced anything like this? The male is still seemingly perfectly healthy - no behavior difference.
 
so based on my experience with monitors , I find it kind of odd that within 1 week of you having them. The female got sick .seems to me she was already having issues before you got her. With monitors they hide their sickness really well.
 
How did you determine this to be within one week of him having them?
V675210 said:
so based on my experience with monitors , I find it kind of odd that within 1 week of you having them. The female got sick .seems to me she was already having issues before you got her. With monitors they hide their sickness really well.
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I'd had them for nearly a month. Received Feb 4th, first sign of something wrong on Feb 28th, and dead Mar. 1st.
 
AndrewMolt said:
I'd had them for nearly a month. Received Feb 4th, first sign of something wrong on Feb 28th, and dead Mar. 1st.
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Yes, my question to the other poster was regarding the workings of his math.

As for you, I doubt you will find an assignable cause. Unfortunately, these things sometimes happen. A tiny yet key duct could have been blocked. A blood vessel feeding a vital area could have become blocked. There are various small-scale issues that would escape detection that are capable of large-scale misfortune. With enough volume of animals and experiences over enough years, infrequent mystery occurrences are almost bound to pop up. Sometimes with tragic consequences such as this one. I am sorry for your loss. I hope you remain steadfast in your pursuit of building your project and making it into a flourishing program.

I have experienced an animal of a different species that was thriving for many years lay down for a nap and then never rise again. No assignable cause. No gross issues. Zero findings of any kind. I would have to assume some kind of spontaneous cardiovascular failure or another similarly punctuated cause we could not determine. These kinds of things do happen and they are outlying poor luck for the animals and the keepers.
 
Unfortunately that seems to be the case. If I can find another Meruake locality CBB V. Prasinus, I'd certainly be willing to try again. Just don't have the motivation to do it right now after this, but I'm sure that it will return. Thanks!
 
For anyone still interested - lab results came back with chronic kidney failure basically. Resulted in clogged blood vessels and several other things - but all of it stems from the kidneys failing.

From their email:
"MICROSCOPIC: Kidney: The kidney has marked glomerular and interstitial fibrosis, and numerous tubules are dilated, lined by necrotic epithelium, or contain luminal accumulations of proteinaceous material or necrotic cellular debris or, in some areas, urates or discrete urate tophi. Blood vessels have intimomedial hypertrophy. Liver: The liver has marked diffuse hepatocellular lipidosis. Mesentery: Mesenteric blood vessels are mineralized. The following tissues are histologically within normal limits: lung, heart, stomach, and ovary.



MICROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS: 1. Nephrosclerosis with renal gout.

2. Metastatic mineralization, mesenteric arteries.

3. Marked hepatic lipidosis.



COMMENT: The primary problem in this case is the renal lesion. The renal lesion is chronic suggesting that previous insults to the kidney may have expedited the degenerative changes and subsequent gout. Metabolic derangements associated with the renal lesion likely resulted in derangements in calcium metabolism and subsequent metastatic mineralization. The hepatic lipidosis is likely a secondary event associated with metabolic derangements due to the renal lesion. There is no evidence of an infectious process."
 
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