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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 140949" data-attributes="member: 26980">It's totally mysterious. The other 3 looked good, fat and happy.  I think it's like one of them was just a runt, like what can happen with a litter of pigs.As soon as I saw the uneaten pre-killed feeders, I knew the worst. All the others are big enough for mealworms.Sling #1 really likes the view!! The others are hiding by the moss and the water dish.[ATTACH=full]33644[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]33645[/ATTACH] They seem to all have slightly different tendencies, but overall they have an excellent stable temperament.In the deli cups, #1 was almost always in the moss and not in the substrate.  These guys aren't really big enough to be hurt in falls.The thing is just how small they were when I got them!!  They are NOW the size my C versicolor was when I brought him home. My H pulchripes doing was also the same size when I unboxed him.  These guys were delivered in drinking straws from arachnoclown. (Who has an excellent YouTube channel & knows a lot)These are by far the smallest slowest growing slings I've ever had.  In a way, I'm relieved that it wasn't worse.  The weird part is that they have molted several times but don't seem to get much size at all.</blockquote>