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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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My hissers delivered a whole bunch of babies but most have escaped...I've been keeping them in a Kritter Keeper, as was suggested by the person who gave it to me, but the babies can squeeze out of the top vents.

I tried keeping the roaches in a flip-top plastic box, shoebox size, but the humidity was bad and it made their food and alfalfa pellet bedding mold. I had to go back to the Kritter Keeper but now I don't know what to do!

What do you keep your Hissers in??
 
get like i think its a 58 gal rubbermaid tote/box thing or sterilite.... get some vasaline and smear about a 1-2 in strip at the top of the container.... then take the lid cut a hole in it pretty good sized and either tape glue screw whatever and adhear it to the top but fine mesh screen... you dont have to spend much the dont use the wiore kind we use the flexible mesh fabricy stuff... and if you think a 48 or whatever gallon thing is too big trust me its not hissers breed like mad... keep em warm and fed and plemnty of places to hide and you will have HUNDREDS within no time... also though if you dont keep them fed i mean every day or every other day they will begin to eat each other may want to put some egg crate in there and aspen bedding too maybe
 
If you have few enough that they currently live in a critter keeper, just paint a band of vaseline around the inside top and problem solved for the time being.

If you decide to let the colony get big enough to need the large tubs, you can set one up when the time comes.
It sounds like you only have a dozen hissers or so, with them living in a critter keeper.

At one point I had around 5000 producing adult hissers. I sold off all but a couple of dozen last fall and now use a 10 gallon tank to house the colony. I keep it limited in size, because I do not use them as feeders nor do I plan on raising them to sell again. When they start to outgrow the 10 gallon I sell a couple of hundred.

My big roach tubs are mostly 18 gallon rubbermaids with bug stop around the top. I ue the 18 gallon size because they fit underneath the low tables my snake cages sit on. I use no lids for any roach species, they are unnecessary.
 
I read on websites to use vaseline but they said not to use it for babies. I wasn't sure what the deal was with that.

Yes, I only have a trio of adults and 7 younger ones that aren't even half grown yet. I don't know how many I've got left of the ones that were delivered but I started out with the 10. ;)

Thanks for the suggestions guys. :) I'll make something else for them.
 
I never had a problem with vaseline in that regard.
It is messy though, especially when it comes time to clean the tub. It will also melt, particularly during the summer, and run down the inside of the tub leaving exposed areas.
If you're going to do much with roaches, you'd do best to pick up a can of Bug Stop. It dries to a slick finish, and if you're careful and don't rub it off one application will last for months.
You can get it from Ronnie at www.cricketfood.com
 
try Bug Boundary

Cricketfood.com has been out of stock on Bug Stop for a while. I ordered some Bug Boundary from [email protected], and it has worked great...no escapees.

Dave
 
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