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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.

Pheonix worms again...

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Do any of you guys know if these things turn into adults? Aren't they flies? I can't find any info on them. Do they need special condidtions to mature? I ordered them and they came in today. My geckos love them!!!
 
they turn into wasps. if you are intending on breeding them their main problem is they need large areas to engage in courtship.
 
Sauradon said:
they turn into wasps. if you are intending on breeding them their main problem is they need large areas to engage in courtship.
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see that word? the one i bolded out? thats enough to make me wanna run for the hills. i hate bees and particularly wasps
 
Ewww, I thought they were fly maggots... I will NOT be breeding lol, I just wanted to know if and when these guys mature. If so much as ONE turns into a wasp I'm throwing all of them in the fire and sticking to mealworms lol!
 
LeosForLess said:
I think better and better foods just keep getting found.
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How do we really know that they are better. Mealies and cricks have done just fine for all these years and Phoenix worms are a relatively new food item. I just can't find myself fixing something that isn't broken. Just my two cents. :no_evil01
 
I'm just saying that back in the day before i was around crix and mealies were fishing bait(i think i should leave this one to Dan the Fireman)and they were already being heavily produced. So they were the obvious answer.
 
Ian S. said:
How do we really know that they are better. Mealies and cricks have done just fine for all these years and Phoenix worms are a relatively new food item. I just can't find myself fixing something that isn't broken. Just my two cents. :no_evil01
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I think more variety the better. Not to anthropomorphise, but who wants to eat the same thing all the time. Most animals eat a variety of foods in the wild, so why not in captivity?
 
Shelley is right they are soldier fly larva. The guy who produces these is here in Georgia (and he was a Bulldog too!!!) anyway, they are produced in chicken houses and they breed and lay eggs in the chicken wastes. They are great at helping get rid of the poop. They are also not pests...no stinging, biting or anything like that.
 
Huh... and dont chickens carry coccidia and other types of parasites?
 
I feed them to my cresteds and Gargoyle, and they love them! I have definately noticed a growth spert since my cresteds have been eating them.

Not sure if I will start feeding them to the Leos or Fat Tails because they are quite expensive. $9.95 for 100-150
 
I tried them once but the price tag for how big they were was a bit much next time I'll be getting some silkworms and only about half of my leos liked them
 
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