Aww honey, I'm so sorry to hear about her passing. I too am glad that you have the baby to remember her by. Hugs :/
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Posted 12/19/2024.
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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 had asked the vet for copies of the xray for my records and to share; they had to take 2 sets because she hadn't been positioned correctly during the first set. They sent me the disc with pics and they were all from the first set, totally useless. So I finally just went down there with my camera today after work and had them pull the xray so I could take my own pics...
finally here it is:
The top is her tail. The red arrow is showing the oversized slug that she was not able to pass. Below that are the babies that died in utero (correct term?) and the yellow arrows are pointing to the pockets of gas buildup from the dead babies, which led to the septicemia that killed her.
Closer look at the slug area and you can see on the far right side one baby that had been pushed partially out around the slug & also lead to the blockage.
Trying to look on the bright side, I can say that I have learned don't pass go, don't collect $200, just go directly to the vet at the first sign of trouble during labor. Her little baby Solstice is doing fine so I'm happy about that. I hope someone else can maybe one day learn from my experience.
Thanks for looking and again for all the sympathy, it really helped.
-April
finally here it is:
The top is her tail. The red arrow is showing the oversized slug that she was not able to pass. Below that are the babies that died in utero (correct term?) and the yellow arrows are pointing to the pockets of gas buildup from the dead babies, which led to the septicemia that killed her.
Closer look at the slug area and you can see on the far right side one baby that had been pushed partially out around the slug & also lead to the blockage.
Trying to look on the bright side, I can say that I have learned don't pass go, don't collect $200, just go directly to the vet at the first sign of trouble during labor. Her little baby Solstice is doing fine so I'm happy about that. I hope someone else can maybe one day learn from my experience.
Thanks for looking and again for all the sympathy, it really helped.
-April
I had asked the vet for copies of the xray for my records and to share; they had to take 2 sets because she hadn't been positioned correctly during the first set. They sent me the disc with pics and they were all from the first set, totally useless. So I finally just went down there with my camera today after work and had them pull the xray so I could take my own pics...
finally here it is:
The top is her tail. The red arrow is showing the oversized slug that she was not able to pass. Below that are the babies that died in utero (correct term?) and the yellow arrows are pointing to the pockets of gas buildup from the dead babies, which led to the septicemia that killed her.
Closer look at the slug area and you can see on the far right side one baby that had been pushed partially out around the slug & also lead to the blockage.
Trying to look on the bright side, I can say that I have learned don't pass go, don't collect $200, just go directly to the vet at the first sign of trouble during labor. Her little baby Solstice is doing fine so I'm happy about that. I hope someone else can maybe one day learn from my experience.
Thanks for looking and again for all the sympathy, it really helped.
-April
im so sorry April.
Man, that slug is enormous! No wonder she had such a hard time. Don't suppose the vet has an idea as to why it's so over grown?
Glad you were able to at least get some pictures of the X-rays for yourself to look at. I know for me it would be a closure of sorts.
Sorry again. Hope it's all getting easier for you.
Glad you were able to at least get some pictures of the X-rays for yourself to look at. I know for me it would be a closure of sorts.
Sorry again. Hope it's all getting easier for you.
Not really, basically he just said it's one of those random things.
thanks, it is; her cage is still empty though, just haven't had the heart to put anyone else in there yet.
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April, I remember reading this as one of the first threads I saw when I started checking Fauna regularly. I'm so sorry for your loss, and appreciate the fact you were willing to share the experience and knowledge to help others. I hope Solstice grows into an absolute stunner for you as a tribute to a fine Mom (in fact, two fine Moms!).
it doesn't really give a reason why, but I did hear from two other people on another forum I posted this on that also lost females due to oversizes slugs. So just thought that was interesting...
Interesting... Just was a bit curious about it. Sure would be neat to understand why it happens on occasion. I could understand if the follicle was fertilized twice, and twins were to happen. But a slug hasn't been fertilized at all, so...
twins was my first thought as well! I've heard theory that sometimes the ova are fertalized but die before development happens and speculation was that the darker orange slugs were previously fertalized ova and the lighter ones are unfertalized.. but I have no idea
You might be right. I have had two partially formed ones in my meager experiences. Both had a fair chunk of solid dark yolk mostly surrounding them too.