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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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Your incubators

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What do you guys use for incubators? Did you make your own or buy them? Feel free to post pics!

I have tried a couple different kinds( digi mini fridge/hovabator)and I really would like to upgrade/see what else is out there.
 
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I started out with hovabator too then went to 2 reptibators digital proportional much better less temp fluctuation but still was too small would only hold 2 clutches each cause you cant stack them in these top heated bators. Then moved to my home made mini fridge heated with flex watt along the back and small computer fan on top back blowing down works fine looks ok cheaper digital thermostat holds 6 large Tupperware each will hold the largest of dragon clutches worked fine last year to hatch bout 500 eggs this year i finally built a nice looking glass front wine cooler incubator same design 11" flex watt along the back small fan on top back 4 shelfs and will hold 8 large Tupperware and for this one i just orderd a herpstat praportional thermostat i tested it with the cheaper thermostat and only 1* diffrence from top to bottom hope this to be the one for a few years can't post pics from I pad to fauna but if you pm your email I'll send you pics.
 
I have built and used many types of incubators.

Currently I am using a small walk in closet.

The heat source is a DeLonghi oil filled electric radiator space heater plugged into a Ranco thermostat.it maintains good temps and hatches all my eggs.

An incubator can be as simple as a box,heat source and a good thermostat.
 
An old refrigerator can easily be converted into a top-notch incubator. I use
(4) 40w light bulbs, placed on the bottom, all wired together, and plugged into a Helix thermostat. The ones with wire-type shelves work best. I have one that I have been using for 13 years now, and almost never have to adjust the temperature. my "refrincubator" is big enough to hold 31 Sterilite shoe boxes and, because it's a fridge, has great insulating properties. If the power goes out, for any reason, the temp stays warm enough that i don't have to worry. It does not have see-through doors, but I'm not concerned with that...I open the door to check eggs, and the temps barely fluctuate.
 
I like my digital mini fridge because it cools when its really hot out. I had that problem last year, my temps spiked more than I wanted. Luckily I was crazy about checking temps and moved it to a room with an AC on 24/7 as soon as I noticed.

It will be interesting to see how hot my reptile room gets this year, I moved the end of August last year. I'm thinking I may have to add a AC in there, it is winter and it stays pretty warm in there during the day.

I would like to build one or get a larger one, instead of having a few smaller ones. I am getting some heat tape for my dubia and maybe should invest extra supplies to build an incubator...
 
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