The mange is back.
Just when those little bald patches were finally almost filled back in, they are suddenly bare again.
I can only surmise that her immune system is compromised due to her adult teeth fusing with the jaw bones- she's been chewing quite a bit more of late, and is back to eating everything in sight: sticks, biting off little pieces at a time, chewing them and ingesting them; grass roots, same process; acorns, every little nut she can find on the ground that fell from a tree. Not as much interest in solid things like Nylabones, but she's making some headway on those as well.
Oh, and also a corner of the computer desk, a decorative piece covering the corners where the baseboards intersect, and the homemade wood-and-sisal-rope cat scratching post.
Pretty much anything wood.
It's amazing how many pieces of building materials and other odds & ends she has discovered out in the backyard- Sunday I caught her with an aluminum Diet Sprite can- and not a recent year's model, given the logo artwork. It was flattened, but had then filled up with mud after being buried. The pop-top tab had been forced back into its original place. She was chewing on this.
Another day, a piece of rebar surfaced.
The list goes on.
Also, I've increased her food rations another 1/2 cup- she's growing again and getting close to having too little fat covering her ribs. I've been closely monitoring that. Last week it was fine- she still had a good bit of protective padding over her shoulder blades, hip bones, ribs and spine. This week it's a little less.
Lastly, she's catching more Frisbees tossed horizontally, in the air. Still mostly rollers, but getting quite good at close, low catches. Nothing long or high.
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