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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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Pinky Pump?

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I have a few juvenile corn and king snakes that wont eat. I am trying to find out about pinky pumps...
If you have used them? Pinky pumps versus syringe with tube feeding? Force feeding instead?
Any information would be extremely helpful :)
Also if you know where I can get one relatively cheap?
Thanks, Ann
 
Idk about the tubes but force feeding isnt no fun, but it did make my snake very accepting of me messing with it and make her real handable. As long as a pinky pump isnt more stressful or harmful to the snake id say give it a try, although I havent used one.

For supplies try reptilebasics.com, LLLreptile.com, and there was one other....

reptilesupply.com?

Look in the caging and supply classifieds, u can usually find sumthin used for a good price. But I wouldnt want a preused pinky pump. >.<

But after my own comparing of some sites, I found reptilebasics.com to be generally cheaper than most.
 
I have a few syringes and hope I never have to use them. Never heard of a pinky punp though.
 
Believe me its not easy at all, and Im feeding balls. I can only imagine tiny colubrids! Have u thought about feeding them lizards?
 
so you have never used the syringes? I have been reading online to find out more about the methods, just not getting very far...
 
Do not force feed or use pinky pumps. Try my patented (well, at least it should be) bitch-slap method. Get a hold of the snake near enough to the head so that it can not bite you. Take a pinky and bitch-slap the snake until it gets pissed enough to bite the pinky. It will either continue to take it down or it will try and thrash it's head and spit it out. If it continues to take it down slowly give it enough "slack" by moving your grip (which has to be firm enough to hold the snake but not as to restrict it from swallowing) down as the pink goes down. If it tries to spit it out try your best to not allow it to do so. If it does repeat the bitch-slapping until it bites it again and try to keep it in the snakes mouth. Even the slowest snake will eventually realize that if it can't spit it out it will have to take it down. Eventually they realize pinks are food and learn how to do it on their own without your assistance.
 
If you look on Kathy Love's site, there is a tube feeding kit available.

I have a snake right now that is responding well to a modified version of bitch-slap feeding. I guess you could call it bitch-jab! (No, you can't hurt even the tiniest hatchling with a pink head, but it sure makes them mad!) Seriously, this is a _real_ feeding method that really works, although it sounds silly.
 
Heck.. I use the "bitch slap" method on my stubborn adult feeders with a small mouse! I'm talking sub adult and adult balls and boas that for some reason go off feed and begin to loose weight, not smaller animals!
Usually one time of getting them to get mad enough to bite it and eat it and they go back to eating regularly :)
 
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