An increase in temp would more likely increase your humidity. I agree with bob, it may very well be a ventilation problem.
Too little ventilation can kill them. It might be wise to rehouse them. I find KKs just don't work well for Avics.
I recently liberated an avic avic from petco. It is a little bigger than yours but not much, I'd say 2 1/2" 2 3/4". I found a half moon betta tank with an l.e.d. light normally for $20 but it was dicounted due to a crack. The only problem with this setup is the alterations needed. There is a large hole in.the front of the lid and a small one on the back of the lid. I cut a peice of plastic to fit over the large hole then hot glued it to the lid and secured it on the front with scotch tape. The little hole I filled with hot glue. Then I drilled a bunch of air holes, hot glued some stick in it, burnt myself twice:wall:, added substrate, a fake plant, a water dish and the spider. It seems very happy with its new home and thanked me by molting the next evening and completly regrowing its missing leg:biggrin:
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My A. Braunshauseni curled up and died last night. I got to enjoy it for a whopping 1.5 days. Curled up like it was dehydrated despite probably 60-70% humidity. People who say the humidity thing is over exaggerated- I simply don't buy it. Avics ARE fragile, and now i have a dead one to prove it. Waste of $29.as of yesterday little lars lost his 4th leg and died
It is over exaggerated. Good ventilation is what matters. I don't buy the fact that they're as fragile as you are making them out to be. I've only ever had one Avic fatality, and that was a tiny versi sling. I've kept a lot of Avics, and have never had issues with any of the others.
I know plenty of people with Avic fatalities. Lots of fatalities = fragile. I hope my Versicolor makes it.
Theyre barely any more delicate than most other species, and even then it's mostly slings. And most Avic deaths are a result of people assuming that they need lots of humidity and misting way too much while are the same time not having enough ventilation or air flow. The result is a moist stuffy cage with stagnant air. This is a death sentence for Avics. So ill have to disagree with you there.
The fact they have their own internet acronym (Sudden Avic Death Syndrome) speaks for itself. Can any other species lay claim to a title like that?
Thats about as credible as DKS. There's no proof that either syndrome actually exsists. If people didn't get all paranoid regarding the humidity they might have more success with them.
A widespread amount of deaths throughout the hobby isn't proof enough they are fragile? You can't be serious... And obviously it isn't a scientific label, its a common slang reference for unexplained deaths that so many people experienced, it brought about its own acknowledgement. Unless everyone made the deaths up and the slang reference is just a massive conspiracy...