If/when you decide this site is no longer worth holding onto, would you be willing to hand over the reigns to someone else?

There are a few of us who'd be willing take it over so it doesn't have to disappear.

I’m so sad about the possibility of losing these forums. I found fauna because someone reccomended BOI as a must read before choosing a snake breeder. I found this site and I was so happy to find people that are long time corn snake lovers, breeders and owners.

I’m on the border of the millenial gen though, so I understand why many people don’t look past the social media apps or the pet-tubers of YouTube. It’s a very instant gratification medium. One that is already in use for other aspects of your daily life. Many of us already use YouTube or Facebook on the daily, so options for updating or responding to the reptile community is right in our faces.


Whereas CornSnake Forums and Fauna are very specialized, you have to actively seek out the website to read what’s new, and be reminded to respond. It is bound to be a slower community.

I know there's a handful of people that would be willing to take over if/when Rich decides he doesn't want to deal with it anymore.

I mentioned it above, but I don't know if Rich saw that or not.

FB will never have the usefulness that a specialized forum like this has.

Why don't you send him a private message to see what his intentions are? It's very hard giving up a labor of love. If someone else took the forum over how does the person intend to get more active participation? If there are good ideas from this handful of members why aren't they suggesting them now while the forum is still active? I read some of the excellent posts from just 5 or 6 years ago, and those members are either lurkers or just dropped off the forum. Quite a shame.

I have talked to him before about it. He didn't seem to interested in the idea at the time. I figured if/when he is interested in exploring it, he might say something.

It would be a shame for this forum to just end, when there are people who are willing to take over the reigns.

I wondered what would happen to the archives if the site is discontinued. When I do a Google search of corn snake topics there are references to past posts on this forum. Is all that going to be lost? I hope not. Anyway, if the time does come at least there are alternatives, as you said.

That would be a very sad new should this forum decides to retire. There are so much information on every forum that any SocMed cant recreate it. I started in this hobby late (2015) and the info I got here and other forums, and books really helped me understand this hobby.

I hope that with all the recent drama on fd that forums will see a major rise in traffic.

Actually, I don't think it will have any impact at all from my perspective. Not here and not on FaunaClassifieds.