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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.

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Hello! So, this is my first year trying to breed balls' and I only have 2 snakes. A lice looking spider male (500 grams) and 1 normal female (1500 grams) and I have yet to see my male tie up to her. I tried cooling them for 1 month and cycled them in and out of the tubs together and nothing! I haven't seen her swell up or anything.

I have heard talk of "forced mating" is that a real thing? And if so, how do you do it? And is it dangerous to either snake?

Thanks!
 
Try to rub another males sperm on him or get the shed from another male.

Also, the male seems a little on the light side. Not to light to breed, but the odds are slimmer and he might not be ready. Pop him and look for plugs if you know how (still not a sign that he knows what to do but a start).

I've never heard of force mating but I assume it would be artificial insemination and personally, I wouldn't shove anything into my female without being 1000% sure I knew what I was doing. Matt has it right though, it all boils down to patience which I am running out of this season :D
 
I hear you there! I have 55 bearded dragon eggs I'm sitting on right now that should have started hatching already and I just found out my incubator's temp read out is about 4-6 degrees cooler than what it says on the readout so I know those wont be out for a while! lol

I would love to get a big male to stud her but I really want to breed this spider this season because of the wierd head markings and side bands this one has. I wonder if he's het for something?
 
I am the same here. I have 2500 gram het pied female I bought few days ago. I started to cool her last night. I will introduce my male pied to her in 10 days. Wish me luck !!! I hope both of us can hit something. Also this is the only 2 snakes that are ready to breed for me. My male is 600 gram.
 
mc5guy said:
I am the same here. I have 2500 gram het pied female I bought few days ago. I started to cool her last night. I will introduce my male pied to her in 10 days. Wish me luck !!! I hope both of us can hit something. Also this is the only 2 snakes that are ready to breed for me. My male is 600 gram.
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Good luck! Not only that the breeding is a success, but that you don't get your pied sick. Breeding before quarantine is very risky. It's your business how you handle your animals, but I'm pointing this out, as I knew nothing of quarantine when I first got into snakes.
 
mc5guy said:
I am the same here. I have 2500 gram het pied female I bought few days ago. I started to cool her last night. I will introduce my male pied to her in 10 days. Wish me luck !!! I hope both of us can hit something. Also this is the only 2 snakes that are ready to breed for me. My male is 600 gram.
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So quarantine is down to less than 2 weeks now :shrug01:
 
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