Reo has been eating random bugs outside. She's so stealth about it, because it looks like she's sniffing around instantly, but she picks something up, chews and swallows before I can reach her. Little sneak! She knows she's not supposed to do this.
Reo seems to have this insatiable need to hunt cicadas lately. Perhaps it's their siren-like song that serenades her when she's outside - not sure. The weird part is that she has no interest in their "shells" they leave behind after molting - she wants the authentic cicada, complete with wings. In case you live in a part of the world that doesn't have cicadas, here is a picture of a newly hatched cicada with it's "shell" it leaves behind:
Anyway, some of these cicadas seem to die for no obvious reason, and fall out of the tree, littering our lawn with carcasses. The "best" ones from Reo's point of view, are the partially dead ones, as they still put up a fight and flutter their wings once she catches them! Reo LOVES these things and does her best to get some for herself.
This could somehow lead to her increased thirst and turgid belly? Over the past couple of days, I've noticed that she was all of a sudden gassy (probably from the cicadas!), which might also explain her hard belly.
I started giving Reo 1/8 tsp of ProZyme enzyme supplement with each meal (I had this on hand already for Tula so it was a no-brainer to give this a try).
08/12/11 - Reo's belly seems less turgid this morning, but she had aliens again in her belly and wouldn't eat breakfast. Unfortunately, this means that I have to force down her Medrol and L-thyroxine. She hates this (and me) and her mouth is so tiny, it's always such a problem! When I have to do this to Tula, our Doberman, it's the easiest thing in the world because I can put my hand really far in her mouth! Not so for Reo, and she fights me every second.
She ended up eating dinner just fine - Reo, queen of the self-fast when she's feeling out of sorts!
Today, I noticed that Reo seems to be shedding quite a bit. This is pretty strange for her, as she's not a big shedder. Hmmmm.
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