HELp!

well i'm a first time marijuana grower and i dont know what i'm doing. I'm gorowing outside and i started out with 5 plants 2 months ago or a month ... hmm i forget hah. But anyways when i went to go see how they were doing the firstr time i only found 4... i'm guessing an animall or something took it. and a couple weeks later one died, personally i don't think it was ready for the harshness of outdoors yet. anyways so now i'm with 3. and it kinda seems they havent been getting any taller. There only about the size of a ruler right now and i'm worried about them. they haven't been growing in length but they have been getting bushier.
But i jut want to kknow if anyone has and tips or anything that willl help. PLEASE!!!

there's a cultivation forum... i'll ask a mod to move this for you...

those are the ones that will be ablet o help you

need to know a little more about the plants conditions like how much sun they get a day and what type of soil and if you have use any fertilizer what type, and have you topped the plants? if its only been a month there may be nothing wrong, but if its been 2 months there is obviously something wrong causing very little growth.
its not uncommon to lose a couple to animals or nature.

sorry, but this is a cultivation forum(outdoor growing).it could be any number of things if you dont think they are big enough(amount of light, water,and nutrients). you havnt been there in a while i take it? some just shrivel and die if your area wasnt prepared enough and animals do take their toll sometimes.