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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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Hi. I'm new to this group and was recommended it because I am soon to be moving from the U.K. to the U.S.A. I am originally from the states, but have lived her for 6 years. I am exporting 2 of my boa's to the states, and was looking for help on how you heat vivs over there....where to get supplies from....etc. etc. Any help will be appreciated. It's like starting all over with contacts and suppliers. sheesh :)
 
Usually we either heat with flexwatt heat tape or radiant heat panels, depending on the type of cage. Either one can be found at www.reptilebasics.com They are an awesome dealer. Welcome back and I hope you get your boas here safely.

Chris
 
Thank you Chris. Through out the course of this day I was led to reptilebasics.com Thank you for your reply. Won't be for awhile, but I am looking forward to getting back. Better weather ha ha ha. Also looking forward to the great selection of locality boa's in the U.S. I have had to sell a few of mine on here as I just can not afford to take them all with me. I am bringing my sunglow pastel, and a wildtype male bci. Can't wait to get involved in the reptile community there.

Devon
 
suzuki4life said:
pro-products or helix for heat panels. The plastic housing RBI panels are junk by comparison.
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:rolleyes: :icon_bs:

The housing on the RBI panels is ABS plastic and very durable, flush mount housings. I've got several that have been in use for several years, since before they were officially on the market.
In my opinion, they are a superior product to the Pro Products panels which are apparently manufactured by Enerjoy, or else they are an exact copy of their panels originally manufactured for use as leg warmers under office desks and various other purposes having nothing at all to do with reptile cage heating. Even if the performance of the panels is equal, the flush mount and inclusion of a pilot light to show when it is heating are nice additions that make it a preferable product.

The other brands of panels may be fine if that's what one prefers, but to say the RBI panels are junk is nothing more than an uninformed and inaccurate opinion.
None of the three brands deserve to be labeled as junk, they are merely different and to be chosen between based on one's preference.
 
2 boaphile 421d with rbi 40w panels in them equated to 2 boaphile 421d's with melted and warped tops due to the amount of heat being transfered up due to the design and housing of the rbi panels.

1 boaphile 421d with 40w pro products panel installed
1 neodesha 48"x30"x18" custom cage with helix 109w panel installed
1 generic no name thin walled pvc cage with 60w pro prodcuts panel installed
1 vision v221 with 30w pro products panel installed.

NONE, of these cages have similar damage resulting from their panels as the rbi equipped boaphiles did. The tops of these cages did not get anywhere near the temps as the boaphiles with the rbi panels installed did. The installs on all cages were similar. I even used a 120w rbi panel in a cattle trough mounted 2" from a plywood top. I used the area above the lid to heat my roach bin because so much heat was tranferred through the 1/2" plywood.

Rbi panels do not compare to the metal housing radiant heat panels and in my opinion are junk.
 
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