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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.

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This is the little guy I got from Kevin, Kierkegaard (can never remember how to pronounce it) Kevin he seems to be doing great likes the live soft furs has had two already. Sounds like you've gotten to know Killer I mean Jailbait lol
She is a friendly little thing isn't she.... Randy
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See...and you thought you wouldnt be able to find a male. Now down the road when this guy gets busy with the littlew girl...put me on the list fora apir of babies. Dan M.
 
ravensgait said:
This is the little guy I got from Kevin, Kierkegaard (can never remember how to pronounce it) Kevin he seems to be doing great likes the live soft furs has had two already. Sounds like you've gotten to know Killer I mean Jailbait lol
She is a friendly little thing isn't she.... Randy
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Jailbait just loves to cuddle... if by cuddle you mean "strike out madly from her hide and attack any appendage she can reach." I thought Oddjob was surly, but next to Jailbait he's gentle as a Burm. I've yet to clean her cage without losing blood.

I'm waiting for her to get a little bigger; I figure either she will calm down a bit or will grow large enough that it will be easier to hook and tail her.

On the bright side, she's a healthy eater and a pretty little thing. I'm sure her and Oddjob will make some beautiful babies once she comes of age.
 
Kevin: Forgive me if this is inaccurate info, but I have heard that with white lips you dont want to stop handling when they bite. I have heard that you should try to handle them and end on a good note, not let them think that biting gets them put back(which is what they want) rather than not biting makes things go smooth for both of you, like you want. I have never owned a white lip, but this was what I was told by some folks who have had them. Might be worth finding out and maybe trying. Its better to get bit now then later when she gets big. Good luck either way, hopefully you'll get lucky and she will calm down with age. Dan M.
 
fuscusking13 said:
Kevin: Forgive me if this is inaccurate info, but I have heard that with white lips you dont want to stop handling when they bite. I have heard that you should try to handle them and end on a good note, not let them think that biting gets them put back(which is what they want) rather than not biting makes things go smooth for both of you, like you want. I have never owned a white lip, but this was what I was told by some folks who have had them. Might be worth finding out and maybe trying. Its better to get bit now then later when she gets big. Good luck either way, hopefully you'll get lucky and she will calm down with age. Dan M.
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Your informant was absolutely right. That's why I've continued to handle Jailbait despite her penchant for sinking teeth into any available flesh. I figure that sooner or later she'll figure out I'm not a threat and that biting me won't speed up the process of cage cleaning. And at this stage of the game her aggression is actually sort of cute: she's a 2 foot long snake with a King Cobra's attitude.

Besides, I'd rather she bite than musk: White-Lips have some of the nastiest musk I've ever encountered.
 
I never knew they musked like that. The worst musk in my experience was when a friend and I bagged and probed my adult female yellow anaconda, I know that smell was not great, and of course it went everywhere lol. Well as I said before good luck!!!!! Dan M.
 
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