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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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Puffing/Bulging eyeballs. -- UPDATE... Not good!

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Ok, i've read and have experienced "bulging" eyes before, and I know It's not usually something to worry about.

But this girl has been doing it for a couple hours now, and I have no idea what's going on, or if I should be worried but... here are some pictures. (And yes, this is the same dragon that had the really bad foot nip a while back. That is almost completely healed, she only lost two toes, thanks to povidine solution and neosporin). She has been separated from all my other dragons since the nipping incident.

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One of my girls eyes bulged out that big when she was younger and I just kept it clean and tried not to mess with her for a couple days and they went back down on their own.

She laid around a little bit with her eyes shut, but I just wanted to observe her... She was fine within a couple of days, back to herself. I actually contacted the lady I got her from and she said it might be thick shed??? I was like "ok?". Her eyes still bulge up like that when they shed, so yeah.

The thing to worry about is when you start seeing crust and nasty stuff around his eyes. I'd tell you what ointment I would use, but I'm not a vet.
 
shinezilla said:
One of my girls eyes bulged out that big when she was younger and I just kept it clean and tried not to mess with her for a couple days and they went back down on their own.

She laid around a little bit with her eyes shut, but I just wanted to observe her... She was fine within a couple of days, back to herself. I actually contacted the lady I got her from and she said it might be thick shed??? I was like "ok?". Her eyes still bulge up like that when they shed, so yeah.

The thing to worry about is when you start seeing crust and nasty stuff around his eyes. I'd tell you what ointment I would use, but I'm not a vet.
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Yeah, she's doing a lot of lying around and doing nothing, hasn't eaten today either. She could possibly be going into shed, it's about time for her to do so. No crusties around the eyes, so I think right now she's fine.

I know there isn't much I can do about it, I just wanted to see the opinions of others. :)
 
Well, today her head looks like a micky mouse head... :(
 

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omg, guys I think one of the eyeballs might come out, seriously... it's getting worse!
 
She is now holding her head sideways, and lying her whole body on the ground...

does anyone have any other advice? I've tried giving her a bath, but that didn't do anything
 
UPDATE.

Just got home from work. She's dead. Her eyes are back to normal, but she's dead. :(

Damn it..
 
I'm sorry for your loss daniel :( I've never had one keep it's eyes blown out for more than a few minutes..
 
Sorry about the dragon Dan..how did you apply the povidine when treating the foot nip? Was it a bath or just brushed on. I'm just throwing this out there...if she was bathed in it is there a possibility that it irritated her eyes ? Even a bad allergic reaction?
 
Hey Angie,

Well, I was recommended to bath her in water, and let her drink and defecate (should she need to), and then empty that water, refill with just enough to cover her feet, and use just a small amount of povidine in the water, just enough to make it look like a very very weak tea. Most of the times, she was kinda on the wall in a corner with her back feet in and the rest of her body up the side of the corner (this girl never liked bath-time). Then I would always rinsed her off, and put her back in her home.
 
Hey Tom,

It is very unfortunate. I wish I knew how this had happened.

Also, it might be important to note that upon inspecting her body, I found that her eyes look very sunken in. I know that probably happens naturally to many reptiles, but her eyes looks EXTREMELY sunken, and her eyelids were sagging like flaps of skin hanging off, I guess from where the eyelids were stretched. Maybe the pressure was too much on her head? :shrug01:
 
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