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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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getting a rescue, need some advice.

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Hello everyone,

Soon I will be getting a bearded dragon from one of my father's friends, he has had it for over a year, the thing is probably around 15", and i'm thinking it's a male. It's in a 20 gallon long tank (way too small!), and it isn't being fed like it should. It still has a little weight on it's body, but not like it should have.

My questions:
I need to know what kind of medication I will need to give him, to get rid of any coccida or parasites. Also, I will need to know where to get it from.

Right now I have reptaid, but i've read that it shouldn't be used to try to "fully cure" any reptile, and should just be used as a follow up procedure or as a "pre-treatment".

Once I get this dragon and have it fed up, medicated, and a little more *tame*, i'll find him a new home with someone that can properly take care of him. :)

Thanks,

Dan
 
I can't edit my post? well that's too bad. My questions weren't really questions, now were they? LOL.
 
also, forgot to mention in my initial post that this dragon does NOT have UVB, and it only gets greens/veggies every great once in a while.. and no dust supplements either.
 
DiamondDen said:
Well for the worms go to http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Meds.html and get the albon, panacur, and the Acidophiliz+ and if he has mbd you might want to get the Calcium Glubionate, there may be other things you will find helpfull there also, as you know the full extent of the dragons issues.
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Thanks Corky :)

I'll be getting the dragon sometime in the next week and a half, hopefully. I've called the guy and hope he will me or my father back and let us know what's going on.

I'm definitely going to be getting some phoenix worms to get him, and i may give him a few wax worms here and there so he can put on a little weight.

I was told he is a great "hunter", and eater. So I guess we'll see very soon.
 
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