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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.

My new additions

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Here are a few pics of my albino male and het female. Hopefully I will get them to breed soon.

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Awesome additions . Hope to see ya at the ATL. show this weekend to talk boas. Have some new additions coming soon myself, will post them when everything gets here.
 
BryonsBoas said:
Awesome additions . Hope to see ya at the ATL. show this weekend to talk boas. Have some new additions coming soon myself, will post them when everything gets here.


Looking forward to meeting you at the show. I am totaly new to boas, I have always dealt with the smaller, egg-laying types - balls, kings, rats, stuff like that. Always looking to pick somebody's brain about herps.

Kris
 
I'm planning for going Saturday. Are you going Sat or Sun ?
 
BryonsBoas said:
I'm planning for going Saturday. Are you going Sat or Sun ?


Definately Sat, might stay up there and go Sun too. I will most likely have my 4 y/o daughter this weekend, so it just depends on what she wants to do for Sunday.

I am looking for new cages for my boas, maybe a ball python for her, and some hooks and handling equipment.
 
Awesome , hoping to have my boys to take to the show as well . Not looking for anything really but they haven't been to a show before.
 
LindaH said:
My fingers are crossed for them!


Thanks! Love the motleys, little out of my league right now, maybe in a couple of years if the albinos work out for me. Cool ultrsounds on your website.

Kris
 
Sweeney's Serpents said:
They look like snakes.................. 8')............ss


Most of them are, but I thought about taking them to Dave just to make sure.

How is your boa doing? get any better?
 
It's starting to crap instead of up-chucking. The snake in stunted and very thin but still alive.The guy I bought it from feels I should pay shipping in order to swap out a snake he almost killed. An 8x8x8 box with no styrofoam is no way to ship baby boas in August. Your girl is getting big and she likes snakes...................Have a good turkey day!

See ya Scott
 
Sweeney's Serpents said:
It's starting to crap instead of up-chucking. The snake in stunted and very thin but still alive.The guy I bought it from feels I should pay shipping in order to swap out a snake he almost killed. An 8x8x8 box with no styrofoam is no way to ship baby boas in August. Your girl is getting big and she likes snakes...................Have a good turkey day!

See ya Scott


Who did you get it from? Did you post on BOI?

My daughter loves snakes. When I got her Friday, we had just got dinner ready when she got here, but she wanted to play with her new snake instead of eat! Next weekend when she comes to visit, we are going to the Greater ATL expo and I hope to have her next year on the same weekend as Daytona. She has a blast with any kind of snake or lizard.

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