shadow – Jun 29, 2012 12:00 AM

Shadow has a tough time with the recent warm spell. When temperatures reach the upper 80's, he seems to really feel the effects. We have removed a significant amount of hair from his undercoat in the last two days and this will help. We cleaned the pond and refilled it with fresh water, we run the sprinkler hose multiple times a day and try to keep things quiet so they will rest in the shade. Our latest efforts also include the use of some cedar oils to help reduce the bugs around the enclosure. I wrote about some testing behavior from Malik after Shadow showed some intimidation with a fly ointment application, but Shadow is able to stand his ground and has not lost status. We are changing their fly treatment protocol to avoid this issue in the future.