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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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Need help saving toes!

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I got a skink about 3 weeks ago, and it's having really bad shedding problems. It was already missing one toe and the tip of another, but now yet another toe is starting to turn black and most likely will fall off soon. The vet said to soak him twice a day in warm water. I've been doing that since day one. It has helped a little, but there still are toes I'm really concerned about. I've tried just about everything, mineral oil, shedding sprays, a humid hide... If I rub the toes with a q-tip, one of them started to bleed. This is a baby skink and if anyone can offer me any advice on how to save the remaining toes, I'd be so grateful! I was also told that he will most likely have these shedding problems his entire life :( Anyone else deal with this before?
 
Kate,

More than likely they'll fall off. It sounds like they are already too far gone. It sounds like you are doing everything right. Just don't be upset when/if they do fall off. I've had a few different animals (leopard geckos, skinks, etc) that I have received from people with bad sheds. Their toes have often fallen off and they are extremely happy, running around, etc. Just make sure you put neosporin/polysporin. Make sure they don't get infected and such. Wish the best for you and your's!
 
I kinda figured that. It's so sad, he's so young... :( I guess I'll just keep at what I'm doing and hope for the best!
 
Another thing is my BTS is really inactive, which worries me because he wasn't in the best shape to begin with when I got him. I've heard BTSs really don't do much, but could something be worng here?
Basically his daily routine is to wake up when I turn the lights on and bask for a little while. I purposely wait to feed him because otherwise his food will just sit out. He sleeps burrowed in a blanket and will come out on his own. After he's basked for a little while, he goes to take a drink of water and that's when I feed him. He'll eat and go back under the basking light. He'll sit there almost all day, occasionally going to eat more or drink more water. I have a humid hide set up for him to help with his badly shedding toe problems, but he almost never goes in. He doesn't ever use his hides either. The basking area gets up to about 100F, does it need to be hotter? I turn the lights out at 10pm and that's when he goes back into his blanket and sleeps until the next day.
The reason I'm asking this is because I had him out yesterday while I was folding laundry. He sat on my bed watching what I was doing in the same spot for about an hour. He didn't try to run away or anything. He's a baby, maybe 4 or 5 months old. He's alert and everything, just doesn't really do much.

I just need some reassurance that this isn't yet another issue I'll have to deal with. Thanks.
 
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