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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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Desperately seeking Box Turtle help

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On our way home today we literally came a few inches from running over a juvie box turtle in the road. We stopped to make sure it had not been hit. I had all four of my kids with me so you know what happened next......Please daddy!!!!

So, here we are the proud new parents of an animal that have I no idea how to keep nor do I know if it's even legal to keep one. I am assuming it's your standard Eastern Box that we have here in Illinois.

This will be my son's pet so can you all please lead me to some appropriate care sheets for him? Thanks in advance.

Griz
 
Griz said:
On our way home today we literally came a few inches from running over a juvie box turtle in the road. We stopped to make sure it had not been hit. I had all four of my kids with me so you know what happened next......Please daddy!!!!

So, here we are the proud new parents of an animal that have I no idea how to keep nor do I know if it's even legal to keep one. I am assuming it's your standard Eastern Box that we have here in Illinois.

This will be my son's pet so can you all please lead me to some appropriate care sheets for him? Thanks in advance.

Griz
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Glad youre still around :D

Ill go a huntin for ya!
 
I think you would be better off only keeping this tyrtle for a very short time, then releasing it back very near to where you found it. A much better alternative would be a captive bred box turtle, they are readily available from breeders. In releasing the wild one, and acquiring a captive bred one, you would be teaching your children an invaluable lesson about woldlife conservation, and about captive herp breeding programs. The captive bred one will likely be much easier to keep, wild caught specimens are often difficult to acclimate to captive conditions.

All the best,
Glenn B
 
Definitely see what their status is in Illinois, Bob. Here in Indiana they are on the protected or endangered list for the state.
 
Glen, I actually am doing just what you had advised. This little guy constantly was scratching to get out and hissing etc. It got to where my son starting feeling badly about the situation. So, a deal was struck to release the turtle and in return, we would pick up a captive bred one once we had the caging issues addressed.

Thanks for the advice guys!

Bob

Glenn Bartley said:
I think you would be better off only keeping this tyrtle for a very short time, then releasing it back very near to where you found it. A much better alternative would be a captive bred box turtle, they are readily available from breeders. In releasing the wild one, and acquiring a captive bred one, you would be teaching your children an invaluable lesson about woldlife conservation, and about captive herp breeding programs. The captive bred one will likely be much easier to keep, wild caught specimens are often difficult to acclimate to captive conditions.

All the best,
Glenn B
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