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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lady Lilith" data-source="post: 72402" data-attributes="member: 3365">Okay, I've noticed something with my girl Pickles, my LP, she's grown to about a 5.5" DLS, and seems pretty much okay, EXCEPT, when she walks, or crawls over her tank logs etc, the carapace seems to separate from the abdomen far too much to leave me comfortable, I SWEAR I can see so much flesh, and almost the intestinal tract it looks like, almost as if she could completely bend in half. Is this normal, if she had a fall I was unaware of caused by a handling I was unaware of (perhaps by the pet sitter I hire when I go on vaca) wouldn't she have passed if it were an injury this severe? Plus, for an LP, she doesn't eat nearly as often as most others do, perhaps one or two crickets a month, though they are offered weekly, and the D. roaches she just scurries away from. I've posted this concern before, but now noticing she's eating far less than even an LP nearing a molt would I'm truly concerned and offering the question up again. I've tried to get some pics, unfortunately to no avail.Is this at all normal for this sp of T? I thank you guys in advance</blockquote>