malik – Jan 21, 2008 12:00 AM

Malik benefited greatly from the extra feeding last week. Staff commented on Malik’s movement and had concerns that he was not dealing with the cold as well as the others. Malik has always been a more trim body frame than Shadow, and because of this, he is a bit more fragile. Staff also noticed white scat in the exhibit on Monday. White scat is an example of scat that doesn’t have much meat in the system, which is unusual to see so close to feedings. Feeding Malik requires locking Grizzer into holding, giving Shadow and Maya (these two don’t go into holding anymore) something as a distraction. It worked well, but staff must always remember to provide Grizzer with a distraction when he comes out so he doesn’t redirect.