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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.
  • 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.

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Since formatting has shifted and my free time has become even more scarce, I will just make an availability list and serious people can email me about what is on the list if they are ready to pay. I do sometimes have other animals related to my projects that I do not take the time to list, so you can always reach out and ask if curious about something specific. I am not selling the holdbacks I show off on social media, however, the CB animals I provide are related to those holdbacks in many instances.

Contact/discussion will occur exclusively via email.

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CB subadult male Forsten's tortoise (forstenii) -
$1500 with shipping included if paid for via CashApp or Square
$1125 with shipping included if paid for via Zelle
~6.5" scl and really nice; better to invest in this than to set your money ablaze on a WC one

Burmese black tortoises (phayrei) - probable females
$1875 with shipping included if paid for via Zelle (each)
~8" scl and 2 are available

2024 100% het ivory sulcata tortoises -
$275 with shipping included if paid for via CashApp or Square
$250 with shipping included if paid for via Zelle
I can do deals on multiples. Tell me how many you want/need and I will figure out the pricing based on the number of animals.

Adult male ivory sulcata (22" scl, has a scar on his face, and is the sire to my paradox line) -
$4300 with shipping included if paid for via CashApp or Square
$4000 with shipping included if paid for via Zelle
OBRO. Not gentle at all, but extremely virile. If you need a get-it-done male to start making your own hets or hets and ivories, this bruiser is your guy. Not so much a handsome fellow, but the very essence of an effective breeder.

2024 pancake tortoises (tornieri) - scratch and dent
$575 for 1 with shipping included if paid for via CashApp or Square
$500 for 1 with shipping included if paid for via Zelle
I can do reasonable discounts for multiples and some sort of extra nice combo deal for 4 to 6 animals together. Scratch and dent in this case refers to them having split scutes, nipped claws, or other mild cosmetic defects.
My current-year tornieri are the size of other sources' yearlings (or even larger in some cases).

2024 Guatemalan red-cheek mud turtles (cruentatum) -
$225 with shipping included for 1 and some kind of combo deal can be done for 4 together
Mine look nice to nicer than nice. If your goal is drab (and cheap), look elsewhere and you can find that. These are now large juveniles. One has an extra vertebral scute. I am holding some of these back for myself, too.

2024 Brazilian cherryheads (varying colors and attributes) -
$375 with shipping included if paid for via CashApp or Square
$350 with shipping included if paid for via Zelle
I could do reasonable discounts on multiples.

2024 Brazilian cherryhead (50% het for hypo; 100% het hypo sires and wild type dams) -
$500 with shipping included if paid for via CashApp or Square
$480 with shipping included if paid for via Zelle
I do not currently produce these in significant volume. The females that laid the eggs that hatched these are already sold. 1 left available. It has an atavistic nuchal scute and a higher dome. Classic red tone for the colored scales.

2024 100% het for albino Reeve's turtles (reevesii) -
$600 with shipping included if paid for via CashApp or Square
$575 with shipping included if paid for via Zelle
These mature quickly. I will not produce 100% hets in 2025 (and maybe 2026) since I expect to do het to het breeding next year. That will result in albinos and 67% hets instead of 100% hets. I can do discounted combo deals on multiples.

Wholesale 2024 100% het for albino Reeve's turtles (reevesii) -
$2125 shipped for 5 100% hets
$3600 shipped for 10 100% hets
Wholesale deals are done via Zelle or in cash.

Adult female Reeve's turtle (reevesii) -
$1000 with shipping included if paid for via CashApp or Square
$925 with shipping included if paid for via Zelle
I will include one 2024 100% het albino hatchling with this female. This female is the one we bred to our albino to make our hets and she will retain his sperm for at least another season if not placed with a new male beyond the albino sire of our hets. Maybe even two seasons. It is a decent opportunity for someone to be able to produce his/her own 100% hets in the 2025 season for less than the price of 2 100% hets.

2024 Dorbigny's sliders (dorbigni) -
$175 shipped for 1 if paid for via CashApp or Square
$650 shipped for 7
Zelle would get a mild additional discount. Some of these have split scutes. My 2024s are larger than yearling size.

Slider morph group deal: 3 2023 caramel sliders, 4 2024 caramel 67% het charcoal sliders, and 4 2024 charcoal 67% het caramel sliders (11 morph sliders in total) - $575 shipped (this deal would be between you and my project partner Shaun Roberson)













 

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Shipping is still possible, but will have to be slightly more coordinated, depending on your location and local weather forecasting.
 
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