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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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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

In Memory of Hope

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I lost one of my absolute favorite geckos today. She did not appear to be sick - although she hadn't been eating well the last week or so. Even last night she was still cruising around and looking alert, nothing unusual. This morning as I was about to leave to teach my class I went in to check for eggs from one female due to lay and noticed that she was moving kind of strangely as she climbed down from a hide. This quickly progressed to convulsions. I rushed her to the vet, but she didn't make the trip. :bawling:

The vet just called with necropsy results. Apparently her reproductive system may not have developed quite normally. Her follicles were asymmetrical and were odd colors. She had a large cyst in her reproductive tract that was just full of blood - this is probably why she went so quickly.

She was way more to me than just her genetics. She was one of the sweetest geckos in my collection. I just loved her eyes and her smile. I am just heartbroken.

Here she is in better days.
Shortly after she arrived last summer:
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And here are a couple of more recent pictures:
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She will be greatly missed.
 
Oh, Nancy! I am so very sorry you lost your precious girl. I remember how you came to have her, and why you named her... Hope. I can imagine how you must be feeling, and please accept my most heartfelt sadness for you.
 
Nancy, I'm very sorry to here about your loss. As one life perishes, another is unfolding. So I hope you will pull through this and have much better times to come.
 
At least you can rest assured that she's in a better place full of waxworms and pinkies. I'm sorry that you lost her, it's really difficult losing an animal we love so much.
 
Nancy, I am so sorry. I too understand the meaning of your Hope. She meant a lot to many of us in the leo community. Again I am sorry for your loss.
 
Sorry to read such sad news. She is absolutely beautiful. As I looked at her picture the thought came to me of how lucky we are to have cameras to take pictures of those we love and admire. Times like these you can look back and still have those memmories in plain view.
 
Nancy, I am so sory to here of your loss, she was a very beautiful girl.
 
Nancy -I am very sorry to hear of your loss
As was said-at least we are better able to have pictures now to remember them by
Sandy
 
Nancy, I am so very sorry to hear of Hope's death. I was so touched by you buying her, and the fact that you gave her that beautiful name. Please check your pm's, I have sent you a message.
 
I am so sorry to hear of Hope's death. She was a beautiful gecko. I understand how much she meant to you and not just genetically. She was special. But she is in a better place. I am just glad it was quick.I can't stand to see them suffer.
Robin
 
Thanks for the thoughts everyone. I too am thankful that it was quick for her. I must give credit to Fred for her beautiful name, though. Her beautiful face and her beautiful name made it impossible for me to not try to bring her home. I always felt very fortunate to have her here.
 
Very sorry to hear, Nancy. She is a pretty one, and I remember very well how cool it was that she was auctioned for such a good cause and came with such a special name attached. :(
 
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