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Ahhh, yeah, there's runts sometimes....I will admit, I have one like that..it was part of my experiment regarding housing size, it was one of the ones that was in an over size enclosures that didn't grow in the first year (almost)...it was the only one that never caught up and never ate good....so it can happen.It was kept in one of those Jamie's terrestrial sling enclosures when I got it at about 3/4s an inch, and it was fed small crickets about the same size as its abdomen if not smaller, iirc.
However, it could have just gone through a long premolt phase - the place I lived at the time was on the lower end of tolerable temperatures and the sling was always down in its little hole it made under its cork bark, so I couldn't see how fat it was.
Now i'm seeming to have the opposite issue - it's about 2 inches or so and all it wants to do is eat, the darn thing won't go into premolt!
(She's no longer getting fed until she molts)
For a small sling, I see that enclosure as a bit "over sized" as well.....closer to the 16oz deli than the condiment cup.