• 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.
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
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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.

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  1. Mike@boakingdom.com

    Photographing wild Chuckwallas

    While herping the Superstition Mountains in AZwith some friends, we stopped along side Canyon Lake for some scenery photography. While Bill & I are shooting photos, Paul starts climbing the rocks looking for Chuckwallas. It took him lees than 5 minutes to find a pair in the crevices.
  2. Mike@boakingdom.com

    Savannah Monitor Cagee video

    I started this a month ago and then put it off for a while. I finished it this morning... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssdEZYILgSg&feature=player_embedded
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    A tree boa weekend!

    Well, not really. But last weekend we had the NARBC in town as well as the Midwest Herp Symposium. It was an all-herp weekend and I took a 3 day weekend from work so I could take it all in. Dr Robert Henderson spoke at the symposium about his field work in the west indies. Anyone familiar with...
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    Some 2 AM ATB pics

    Came home at midnight, made a pot of coffee, and cleaned cages and fed big snapping mouths :D '09 Aztec, what a face! The Mighty Jin Aurora Mona, I love her pattern and contrast!
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    Savannah Monitor, new pics

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    Snakeroom video tour

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    Addicted To Amazons

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    The price we pay for good photos !

    Staging some outdoor pics with a friend of mine... "Get a little closer for a 'keeper & the kept' photo" he says.... And then "wham" right on the cheek... I've had worse :thumbsup:
  9. Mike@boakingdom.com

    Some random ATB pics....

    Almost everything I do is in macro mode with muted flash or no flash at all. Macro works well from a few feet away all the way up to an inch or two away...
  10. Mike@boakingdom.com

    Some Savannah Monitor photos

    I hope you guys like pics!
  11. Mike@boakingdom.com

    'Strike A Pose" ATB stike video

    I used some older video clips to try out the slow-motion feature in my movie program... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl0ejIaELu8
  12. Mike@boakingdom.com

    Some '07 PINK Snow Motleys

    The first of 3 clutches of Pink Snows (motelys & motley-stripes) hatched a couple weeks ago...I am VERY pleased :thumbsup:
  13. Mike@boakingdom.com

    1.1 Tri-Color Hypo Hondurans

    These are both very well started '06 babies, produced by Jaap Kooij in Holland. Jaap is very well know for his high-white tricolor hypos as well as his super wide white banded hypos. The female has the white bands typical of Jaap's lines, the male has cream bands with heavy orange tipping...
  14. Mike@boakingdom.com

    Male Bronze/Brown/Olive ATB

    This guy is an odd color, I've never seen one quite like it before. He can vary in color at time being golden brown, Bronze, or at night he gets very pale, almost a pastel greenish color. He has a very faint rhomboid pattern that hasn't changed much at all since I got him. He's about 12-15...
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    Minolta digital camera

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  16. Mike@boakingdom.com

    Wide bordered Amel Okeetees

    I have a few hold-backs left. The white borders on these are unbelievable! I planned on keeping these but need to get some money raised to recover from the holidays. The pick-of-the-litter babies were all males, they're $75/each or pair them up with a nice female for $120/pair call or email...
  17. Mike@boakingdom.com

    1.1 adult S. Pines...Albino & Het -SOLD-

    - - - - - THIS PAIR IS SOLD - - - - Thank you Isis :thumbsup: This pair is just about ready to come out of brumation. I need to recoup some of the overspending from the pre-holiday season. I have them posted on my website for $350/shipped, right now I'm dropping it to $300/shipped :yesnod...
  18. Mike@boakingdom.com

    1.2 cycled Blairs Phase Greybands

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  19. Mike@boakingdom.com

    5 Collie pupies for sale

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