shadow – Nov 16, 2012 12:00 AM

Shadow's been a lot more active this week than last week. We have not observed any coughing, and we have an interesting clip on Youtube showing some invite chase/playbow behaviors from both wolves. It does appear that Shadow is becoming less tolerant of Malik's constant testing, one scene from the clip shows Shadow in a full growl threat. Whatever ailed Shadow last week doesn't seem to be an issue. The only clinical signs that we are seeing is an increased water consumption in the enclosure, and it appears to be mostly Shadow. Shadow doesn't have a good drugging history, he typically has some respiratory issues during the process. With this knowledge of his history, we are very cautious to immobilize him without having other clinical symptoms to help determine the cause of his down behavior. We are pleased that he's seeming more alert and interactive and at this point, our course of action will be to monitor and document interactions.