Aidan- Taking it Day by Day

This week’s photo was taken by Christina Rizzo while visiting the Center for a recent Wildlife Photography session with Heidi Pinkerton.  Aidan has had more freedom of movement and has really benefited from the added cover hay in front of the windows.  There seems to be some days that are better than others and it is difficult to find the correlation of temperature, feeding, behavior, attitudes or staffing.  We did have a real surprise when Aidan came into the building on March 2nd when we were weighing the arctics and he stepped on the scale as well.  His weight of 136 pound was the same weight recorded last summer; A weight loss would be concerning and might be an indication that there is an underlying health issue, so, maintaining a steady weight is a good sign.  We had some snow removal in the enclosure today and Aidan was reluctant to go into holding, even with the pack locked in the east side retirement area.  We take it day by day and meet his needs on his terms.  It’s the least we can do for a pack leader who has experienced so much in his nearly 10 years of life.