R.I.P. Billy...Advice Please?

[RoninSTi]

Thanks so much for your input. I'll will test the pH prior to obtaining another pet. What should the ideal pH be? I don't think I "cooked" him, as 80 was definitely the highest the temperature ever was, but it may be a possibility. It's nice to know that upper 70's is really ideal.

I'll remove the super worms from the diet and stick to the dubias. I'll also try to get some silk and/or horn worms. I use progecko gutload as my gutload. Here is the link to the ingredients for that:

Ingredients:
Sun-grown grains, ground corn, wheat middlings, dehulled soybean meal, safflower, dehydrated alfalfa meal, ground wheat, ground rice hulls, molasses, canola meal, rice bran, marigold extract, various seeds and greens, calcium supplement, vitamin/mineral supplement and more.

Analysis

Dry Tested

Wet Tested

Crude Protein

20.90%

19.38%

Crude Fat

5.16%

4.78%

Fiber

14.20%

13.16%

HFE (Carbohydrates)

50.22%

46.56%

Total Carbohydrates

64.42%

59.72%

Moisture

0.00%

7.30%

TDN

85.91%

79.64%

Ash

9.53%

8.83%

Calcium

1.70%

1.58%

Phosphorus

0.70%

0.65%

Potassium

0.82%

0.76%

Magnesium

0.26%

0.24%

Sodium

0.17%

0.16%

Sulfur

0.20%

0.19%

Nitrogen

3.34%

3.10%

Iron

440 PPM

408 PPM

Aluminum

232 PPM

215 PPM

Manganese

105 PPM

97 PPM

Copper

13 PPM

12 PPM

Zinc

107 PPM

99 PPM

[Socrates]

Looks good for the gutload, and I would have the pH around neutral (~7+/- 0.2). Good luck.

[RoninSTi]

Thanks everyone for your input. I'll post pics of my new little guy...I was so fond of billy, it's sad he's not going to be there when I get home.