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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Volkswachter" data-source="post: 188459" data-attributes="member: 34028">Sounds like a case of SADS (Sudden Avic Death Syndrome); I know that the common theory is that SADS is just an unknown failure in husbandry but I still think that Avics can just die out of nowhere for no reason even when people do "everything right"Common belief is that Avics do  the best with higher humidity levels; so keeping the substrate only slightly damp might not have been enough humidity.  Based on my understanding and experience, Avics also typically do better at 75-79 degrees (some people keep them even warmer up to 82-83 degrees)If you want to try again with this genus, let me recommend a cork bark round about as tall as the enclosure with hole or nock or two with 2-3 inches of substrate; my personal substrate mix is mainly eco-earth mixed with pete or sphagnum moss,  vermiculite and organic potting soil; I also cover 1/3-2/3 of the top of the substrate in loose moss or leaves to trap in moisture;  another recommendation is picking up the false plants with a suction cup; I use them with both my Ts and some of my reptiles (except the ones who mistake them for real leaves....)Finally,, based on experience and from what I've heard from others, Avics need cross ventilation far more than other specimens; a plastic or acrylic enclosure with vent holes on two sides,  or several rows along the lower part of the front pane and vent holes along the rear edge of the lid/roof would probably be better than a mesh top.I've never had any success feeding any of my Ts superworms but that's only been my experience, I find that all of my arboreals (I only have mid-to-heavy webbing arboreals) thrive on crickets fed once to twice a weekThis is about all I can think to offer in terms of advice.  I'm sorry to hear about your loss.</blockquote>

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