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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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DIY Incubator?

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I'm looking into making my own incubator. I done some searches to see what some have done, and there seems to be a few options.

I want to build one out of a wine cool. They are very pleasing to the eye and I like the glass door to see in, w/o having to open the door.

What would be the best heat source to use? I've seen some people have used their elements form the hovabator, some use heat mats or flexwatt, and some with heat lights.
 
I dont really think the heat source matters as much as having circulation inside to keep the temps even throughout. Definately need a fan.
 
I used a piece of heat tape about 10 inches long. The heat itself is wired to a dimmer and a thermostat. I also mounted a CPU fan at the top. I wired it onto a dimmer switch so I could controll the speed it worked at. You just want the air to circulate. You don't want a draft. All in all I think it works very well.
 

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Jeremy, heres a good question for ya? Do you need to do or buy anything special for the fan? I mean the wattage, or anything like that in particular. Or can you just hook any plug to the fan? Thanks a bunch, I think Ill be building something eventually.
 
You just have to make sure that the fan is home pc and not a laptop.. I got it at Radio shack for $15. I'd bet that you could find them on ebay much cheaper.
 
Thanks Jeremy and Dan.

That sound pretty easy. I've got three CPU fans, but boy those wires are small, but I'll figure that out.

Thanks again.
 
i got a CPU fan that came as a replace ment for my liquid cooling unit for my CPU. hmmm i may try one of these too
 
Hook up the computer fan to an old cell phone charger being that there is such a thing as ac/dc and the charger convers that for you!
 
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