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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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JCCS said:
Never, ever force feed. The stress from that probably caused the death of the snake. You shouldn't even be touching chondros that young, much less force feeding. I don't know how much snake experience you have, but I'd probably get some more under your belt before trying a chondro again. They require a lot of patience and attention.
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I've only had snakes for 6 years- and only boas and ball pythons, and by no means consider myself an expert. I've admitted that it was a bit of an impulse buy, with one of my biggest mistake being buying from a wholesaler, and not asking the right questions.

That being said- I stopped handling at all him after the first 2 weeks. I left him alone, and only checked to make sure he had water and when I tried feeding him. I admit I don't know much about them, and have been reading up on them a lot since getting him.

I don't really believe that the force feeding killed him... like i said before- it was a last ditch effort, and it obviously didn't work. Thinking about how he was looking at the time, I don't think that he would lived anyway.

I will be doing a lot more research on them, and will get one only when I feel like im ready. Im really thankfull for all off your suggestions and advice.
 
I wish you the best of luck in the future!

GTPs can be so touchy. I've also been keeping boas and such a long time. Both GTPs I tried to keep died, I never had luck with them.
 
I bred boas for a decade and started working with green tree pythons a couple years ago. I think you underestimate exactly how fragile neonate green tree pythons are. I'm not trying to give you a hard time, I'm just saying that force feeding as a rule is a bad idea with any snake, but it's a horrible idea with something as fragile as a neonate chondro.
 
I doubt it was the force feeding attempt that caused the death but I'm sure it did not help. If the snake was healthy to begin with, handling can cause spinal injury and stress them out; force-feeding can cause severe spinal injury and tear their esophagus, causing death. Chondros are not the snake to get if you want more than a display snake.

If you bought it from a wholesaler you likely got a "farmed"/import chondro. Those are likely to harbor parasites. Next time around, get a captive born and bred baby directly from a reputable breeder, it will save you a great deal of trouble. Also, don't "settle" when buying a chondro; the right one will eventually show up.

Read the book "The More Complete Chondro" by Greg Maxwell before you get another one.

For future reference; I have 2 Madagascar tree boas that do the whole strike and release thing. I keep getting them to strike until they eventually hold it in their mouth long enough to trigger them to swallow. It sometimes takes an hour (per snake) and when they finally grab it I have to freeze and stay motionless until they finish. I do all this at night in very dim light. I imagine Chondros would be similar enough that this technique may work for them too.

Sorry this one did not pull through for you.
 
AbsoluteApril said:
I wish you the best of luck in the future!



GTPs can be so touchy. I've also been keeping boas and such a long time. Both GTPs I tried to keep died, I never had luck with them.
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I've also kept a few GTPs and have had 2 die on me, the last one was my favorite & I sold my remaining ones.
 
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