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    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.

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    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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Leopard geckos and BIG food.

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I don't know who started the rule about feeding food items no larger than the space between the eyes or why that rule is so popular, but have any of you ever tried feeding oversized prey? It is an AWESOME sight to behold. I couldn't believe it myself, but then I saw this happening in person. What's cooler is that after the leos got used to the adult roaches, they learned to eat only the meat and leave the wings behind. Our little guys are so much more capable than we give them credit for.
 

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Yikes! I am getting the Heebie-Jeebies just looking at the roach!!!!!!! :ack2:
 
As a matter of fact, I have. Last summer this area endured a 17 yr cicada invasion. I just souldnt pass up the free food buzzing and chirping around my head, so when a smaller cicada landed on my balcony railing, I offered it to my leos. Most balked at the size (and/or smell) of the thing, but one of my larger females took it and ate it. Thereafter the others took an interest, and two actually got into a scuffle over the second, which I broke up and then no one ate it! Several others grabbed it chomped it, and then spit it out. :ack2:
 
oh no. i love giving pinkies to my leos, f/t, fresh killed or alive. my male sees em and just goes nutso
 
Pinkies are actually pretty small though. I've fed superworms that were larger than pinkies. But that just doesn't compare to seeing a leo take on a 2" roach. :)
 
Mole-crickets are really big and meaty, could you feed leos those? I mean if you could acquire a "clean" source of them.
 
Survival Theory:
If you can get at least part of it in your mouth, it doesn't taste too funky, and eat IT before it eats YOU, then its deemed "Edible."

I have a male leo that tries to attack and consume my large black temp-probe if its within range...I thought he was being territorial, but then I realized he was truly trying to see if he could "eat" it. (hey, it was moving, right?)

I also have a 12 lb compact yet muscular burmese cat...imagine my surprise when I saw him laboriously hauling something over the lawn...and then realized he'd caught and killed himself a JACK rabbit for supper....holy....the poor rabbit was BIGGER than the kitty.

Maybe that's why man created the Super Jumbo 6-story Quadruple Bacon 2lb Angus Chuck Cheesey Whopper w/Chicken (ever seen a male human swallow one of those without chewing? LOL oh man...um, no pun intended :raspberry )
 
Linz M said:
Maybe that's why man created the Super Jumbo 6-story Quadruple Bacon 2lb Angus Chuck Cheesey Whopper w/Chicken (ever seen a male human swallow one of those without chewing? LOL oh man...um, no pun intended :raspberry )
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DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
speaking of huge food, Aaliyah my laying female decided that the pinkie I put in her cage looked pretty good last night and chomped on it, it sent my company running sick and my fiance and I watched transfixed (he was munching on pizza while watching this by the way). We were all watching a movie and I heard crazy squeaking and ran over to see Aaliyah with that thing in her mouth, well it took her a bit, but she enjoyed every bit. This was no newborn pinkie either, it already had fur starting, so she was quite into it.
 
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Just used the thread search and found this info. I have nothing to add but my questions were answered, I have several roach colonies now due in part to my T's and the move into more geckos. I will recommend this thread and these findings to my friends who were asking the same things.
Thanks all,
Mark D.
 
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