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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 " envenomated " can get you ........

great reaserch Rick. im glad ppl are now learning about the venom's evolving in crotalus species and other venomous spp around the world.
 
Hey, Vinny,
If you were referring to my comment about how you walked before the accident, that was meant as a joke (I just noticed that I didn't include a LOL, so I'm sorry if you took it as an insult or jab). I also stated that a minor pelvic fracture wouldn't lay you up for too long. As for the lumbar fractures, even minor vertebral fractures are something of a big deal...if for no other reason than what can happen if they are stressed. You mentioned bending over and turning/twisting as being the things that hurt - personally, I am surprised that you weren't told not to do those things...I guess I would have expected some sort of brace to immobilize/stabilize your lower back. Orthopedics may not be my specialty, but I am exposed to it regularly. I understand that you felt attacked, but be more careful about throwing comments around about who doesn't know what...you don't know who is out here (healthcare professionals keep reptiles, too).
Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better
 
thanks hhmoore. yes i thought you saying about how i walked was a jab. but you cleared that up now. everybody that i told what happened to me said the same thing about no brace or anything. so i try not to move my back as much as possible. which for some 1 like me that is always doing something it's kind of hard. but im trying, and im feeling a little better. im sorry for the comment about you guys not knowing about injuries. but like i said im on some fairly good pain killers which i think makes me do more than i should lol but it's not really funny. thank you for your concern. thanks again
 
hhmoore said:
(healthcare professionals keep reptiles, too).
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Yeah an' we keep em BETTER !!! :hehe:

Lucille Hollander RN
 
ohh LUCILLE thats an insult on u keeping reptiles better. im just kidding but at least if you work with hot's you know the right medical treatments. lol
 
Vinny D said:
im on some fairly good pain killers which i think makes me do more than i should
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Be careful, that's how injuries get made worse - sometimes pain is a good thing...it stops us.
 
Hey Vinny......What's going to keep you from handling hots again? You have been bit twice in a relatively short amount of time.

I think your behavior is totally irresponsible and "teaching" other herpers of the dangers of venomous reptiles should not be your responsibility just because you have been bitten twice.....

Your whole situation isn't too cool to all the responsible folks that work hard at keeping their hot populations safe.

with all the legislation going on.......all someone has to do is type and click away to find your unbelievably shameful story.....
 
that is a great question.. and i do still work with venomous snakes, the only reason i tell people about my envenomations is to tell and remind them not to be careless, like i was with my 2 bites. i have never been bit handling a venomous snake. i just trusted them which is the biggest mistake's i have ever made. and i WILL NEVER DO AGAIN everyone has their own opinions about me but, i am a responsible hot handler NOW. i have made mistakes and i learned from them. everyone who ask's me a question or any of the reptile semanar's i do, people think im great. my envenomations are in the past now, their is nothing i can do about it. reptiles are my life and have been since i was a little kid growing up in southern florida and that will never change. im going to go to school for biology and get a job at a zoo where i can teach people about reptiles on a expert level, i just need the degree. and i dont mind if people look up my bites. you call it shameful i call it a bad decision. i know ALOUT more about reptiles than many other people my age. i never had anyone teach me about them or show me how to work with them. i did all my own reaserch either in the feild or in books, internet ect..im sorry if my bad decisions make you mad, but their is nothing i can do about that now it's water under the bridge. now i can just look forward to the future and see what great things i CAN and will do in this awsome world of herpetology.. thanks for reading....
 
That would

be a responcible and experienced Hot keeper that is willing to take you under his/her wing. To train you in the PROPER handling and husbandry techniques that keep our HOT interests safe from bad press and resulting legislation. :toiletcla
 
Tim Cole said:
like you need a mentor and a spell check key! :>poke2<:
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funny - I was going to compliment him on the improvement...you should have seen some of his initial posts.

Vinny,
A mentor is sort of like a tutor...in this case, basically, somebody to show you the right ways of doing things
 
Gentleman.....I think the problem we are having here is Vinny knows everything about reptiles and hots and doesn't need a mentor. It is he that desires to be the mentor for all the rest of us or other new and inexperienced hot keepers......
 
Bthacker said:
Gentleman.....I think the problem we are having here is Vinny knows everything about reptiles and hots and doesn't need a mentor. It is he that desires to be the mentor for all the rest of us or other new and inexperienced hot keepers......
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:thumbsup: :iagree: :willy_nil :hurray: :lol01: :yesnod: :bang:
 
Vinny, time to take a step back and learn from those who are far more experienced than you. A true teacher is also a student.
 
i agree with you junkyard. i do not know everything about reptiles. but i do know alout, and i love to teach people esp kids about them. until my old job at a local pet store closed down, i did semanars about reptiles venomous and non-venomous all the time. see i was never educated by anyone. everything i know about reptiles i taught myself. and i read alout of everyones posts here on fauna and i have learned alout from what you guys and say. and im glad that we are on the same page now..
 
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