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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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Gecko Habits

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I've noticed that all three of my Leos have developed habits that are both amusing and a bit frustrating. I thought I'd share my geckos habits, and hopefully you can share yours. :)

My Chinacat loves to dig. She loves to dig so much she'll dig all the substrate out of her humid hide, and dig all the calcium out of her dish. I have to clean her enclosure a lot, and she won't let me clean and leave her in the enclosure. When I clean, I have to pick her up and let her sit on my shoulder. I think that's why she makes the huge messes in her enclosure, just so she can get more shoulder time. :rolleyes:

I moved my girls into 10 gallon tanks with a repti-hammock up in a corner, and branches to climb up to the hammock. Both girls have decided that their hammocks make the perfect bathroom. While this makes cleaning their poo a breeze, it's the first thing you see when you look in their tanks! :ack2:

Even my little guy has developed an icky bathroom habit. Egnima likes to go right next to the waterdish. I tried moving the dish, and Egnima still goes right next to the dish. That's not sanitary. Gonna try changing the water dish to see if that will discourage the little guy from going right next to it.
 
cryptly said:
My Chinacat loves to dig. She loves to dig so much she'll dig all the substrate out of her humid hide, and dig all the calcium out of her dish. I have to clean her enclosure a lot, and she won't let me clean and leave her in the enclosure. When I clean, I have to pick her up and let her sit on my shoulder. I think that's why she makes the huge messes in her enclosure, just so she can get more shoulder time. :rolleyes:
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I hate to break it to you, but your leo is a reptile and does not need your company nor does it enjoy it..... They run mostly on an instinctive drive and some very limited primitive thought.... They lack the parts of the brain that control emotion..... So your leo will never get mad at you if you keep it in its cage during cleaning and it will never love you or your company.....

These are not habits... Its more like natural behavior in a captive environment....
 
ahh y u gotta burst my bubble for?

just kidding, i feel the same way but kinda thought maybe one of mine that i let chill most of the time as he was growing got used to hanging on my collar, while laying sideways on my bed he would sometimes climb up my arm and settle in on my neck. not that he likes to hang with me but recognizes the spot as safe.

maybe i make a decent sofa, i dunno.
 
Gregg M said:
They lack the parts of the brain that control emotion..... So your leo will never get mad at you if you keep it in its cage during cleaning and it will never love you or your company.....
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I'm just curious but isn't fear an emotion? If they lack parts that control emotion, then if they get scared why would they drop their tails?
 
Th3HiddenGecko said:
I'm just curious but isn't fear an emotion? If they lack parts that control emotion, then if they get scared why would they drop their tails?
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Nope.... "Fear" is not what makes them drop their tail.... Dropping their tail is part of their survival mechanism..... The instinct to survive is not an emotion and neither is a tail drop....

I know everyone loves their geckos.... I love mine too, but I also know that they are incapable of feeling or giving love....
 
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