lakota – Oct 6, 2006 12:00 AM

Sorry for the delay in the logs, Wolf Curator, Lori Schmidt was in Anchorage Alaska last week for the Wildlife Society National Meeting and general wolf care was the main priority in her absence. On the day before Lori left, Lakota appeared to have a developing lump on her right cheek. A call to the Center's veterinarian diagnosed an abscessed tooth. She was put on a 7 day course of antibiotics with a 3 day dose of deramax. She recovered quickly and is very active again, with the swelling decreasing within 3 days. At her age, it is risky to schedule a surgery to extract the tooth. Staff continue to monitor any irritation, or furthered swelling as this condition can reoccur.