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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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Someone came up to me in PetCo yesterday when i was buying supplies for my diurnal lizards-lights etc and asked me if i wanted a leopard gecko that was about a year old
He had bought it for his son and he has lost interest and so they were looking for a good home for her
He did mention that she had dropped her tail and I have never seen'/had an adult that dropped a tail and i didn't think to ask how long ago this had happened
My question is-with her fat belly and skinny tail- is it possible that she is just regrowing that tail back or do i have a Leo with a problem here-losing weight in her tail
Her setup left lots to be desired-a zoo med uv spot light-a huge heat rock and pine shavings for a substrate
He had just bought her about 2 or 3 dozen crickets-all of which he had thrown in the tank with her before i got there to pick her and the tank up

This was her setup

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I got rid of the pine shavings-switched to paper towels and got rid of that humongous hot rock -put a uth on the tank and pulled most of the crickets out added a moist hide and a smaller dry hide and a water dish and a dish of calcium

I am going to take a fecal sample into my vet as soon as i get one from her
Don't know if she ate-she was in transit and there were just so damn many crickets in with her that it would have been imposible to tell
This is Hailey and she weighs 56 grams and is alert and active

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I hope that i am just being paranoid and that the fat belly and skinny tail isn't a major sign of a problem
She will be a treasured pet so i hope that everything will be OK with her
Sorry if this sounds dumb- but as i said-if she dropped her tail as an older juvie -then i have never seen one grow back at that age-only with babies
thanks for any input
Sandy
 
The tail looks like its regrowing to me, just from the way it looks. But i dont know. A vet check should be in order
 
I've only seen regenerated tails from younger leos as well, but I doubt they look any different. I would guess that it did happen awhile ago, as it's pretty much full length. She maybe a bit underfed...after all, the son did loose interest long enough for Dad to decide to give it away. The 2 - 3 dozen crickets may have been a show so you don't think they weren't still taking care of it. Good luck, hopefully the fecal will come back OK!
 
Thanks so much for your replies
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I will start with the fecal -let her get settled in-and go from there
She was hugging the uth last night when i last looked at her but earlier she had been about and about exploring the changes in her tank
I love the way that she acts like she is gonna eat me when i picked her up to inspect her and take the pics
The guy was in the store buying crix for her before he even approached me and i get the feeling that they might have just dumped that many in with her once a week or maybe even once every 2 weeks-i think that was the way that she had been fed
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She had a small piece of shed attached to her nose but it appeared that the rest of her last shed went well so we'll see what the fecal test results bring

Sandy
 
It looks like the tail hase been regrown for awile to me. Also looks like she has lost some weight in it, by the way it looks like it is deflating at the end(my adult females is nice and firm).
Good luck, thank goodness she is off those pine shavings.
keep us updated. :)
 
yeah, I'd concur, I had an adult fattie drop a tail and the way it grew was wide at the base, kinda filling in width wise before it got longer....

Overall weight isn't too bad though, not great, but not bad, so I would say with a little TLC it will bounce back for you quickly!
 
LOL Cory beat me to it (this is his other half ;)).

Agreed, she looks like she's probably lost weight recently, but she's certainly not emaciated by any stretch. A good regimen of feeding frenzies should have her filled out in no time!
 
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