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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.

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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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Has anyone ever tried feeding mini mealworms to their young beardies? They are a smaller species of mealworm (obviously) that only reach about 1/2 to 3/4 inch in length. The reason I ask is we are pondering any detrimental effect of feeding them to dragons around 4 1/2 - 5 inches in length. Any suggestions?
 
I was told that they are ok as long as they are freshly molted and the shell has not hardened.


I personally have fed hard shelled ones with no ill effects but why chance it???
 
I've seen ads for them, and was curious about them for young Beardies as well....but it'd be pretty hard to pick out enough freshly molted ones each day to make it worthwhile, wouldn't it?
 
It really wasn't worth the aggravation for me. The small mealworms are bad enough. The mini's are 10X worse.
 
Rebel Dragons said:
It really wasn't worth the aggravation for me. The small mealworms are bad enough. The mini's are 10X worse.
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Hehehe, same with me - sorting through small mealworms was the worst when it came to transferring them to the gutload that I use. I also have to agree with the freshly shed mealworms since they're softer ~
 
Thanks for the input everyone. We may still give it a shot. We just want more protein going into them than a 1/4" cricket can provide. Too bad they are all exoskeleton and no meat. :)
 
I got a couple thousand for free so I tried it, NEVER AGAIN!!!! You could see lots of undigested mealies when they poop. I have never seen that with roaches or crix.
 
They do have a hard time breaking down the exoskeletons. Some of the dragon poop I have seen......... :>Puke<:
 
I feed all my dragons mealworms including my 3 baby girls. I feed them small mealworms from http://www.ghann.com/. I order 2000 at a time, and dont put too much of the bedding in with them to make it easier to find them. All my dragons love them. As the site says they will last for months refrigderated so dont feel as though you have to feed them daily or they will go to waste. I feed mine about every 2-3 days. I have seen some undigested in there poop but I have also seen this with Crix, but I dont think it is a direct effect from what they ate. It usually happens to the stray that doesnt like to bask all day like the others as of course they need the heat to digest properly. My smallest dragon is around 6-7 inches and 15 grams and can put down the small mealies with no problem, so go for it.
 
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