Boltz – His Expressions Tell the Story

Every wolf has a different personality and Boltz is no exception.  He certainly seems to be wary of the unknown and likes to engage in social behavior with those he does know.   He continues to be the wolf that works for his meals, but has recently been shown sharing a weekly carcass feeding with both Aidan and Denali.  It’s Luna that rarely shares her meal.  As part of a spring parasite protocol, we acquired recent weights.

Boltz is believed to be a Great Plains subspecies, and may never reach Aidan and Denali’s weights (both Northwestern subspecies), but his more timid behavior may also be keeping him from maximizing the carcass.  We do hand feed Boltz smaller quantities of food whenever we thing he isn’t getting his fair share.  His weights as an adult appear to fluctuate between 109 and 112 lbs, which is still a large size for a Great Plains subspecies.  It is best to compare him to Grizzer (another Great Plains subspecies) during the same time frame.  As a yearling, Grizzer was 93.5, Boltz was 102.5.  By the time Grizzer was three, he weighed 110 pounds, similar to Boltz.  But, what Boltz might have to look forward to is that when Grizzer met the next generation of Exhibit Pack members in 2009, he  must have been taking advantage of extra pup food because his weight between a three year old and a four year old increased from 110 pounds to 121 pounds. 

6/5/2013	Boltz	102.5 lb
8/14/2013	Boltz	109.56 lb
6/13/2014	Boltz	111.9 lbs
5/1/2015	Boltz	109.34 lbs