malik – Jun 11, 2011 12:00 AM

Malik continues to have some hair loss, although it's not indicative of a skin condition, meaning there's no redness on the skin at the sign of the hair loss, only a bald patch. We have one more test that requires a urine sample, which is a bit of a challenge to get on an active wolf, but we have a long pole with a container that tries to collect a sample mid-stream. Malik shows no signs of scratching these patches, they just exist. If we rule out any medical issues, then we are left with psychological, which is a bit more challenging to fix. Certainly Grizzer's close proximity to Malik may be causing some internal anxiety, once we get Grizzer some more space out of view of Malik, that may help. Otherwise, we will need to design management activites that provide a different stimulus for Malik. A majority of our wolf care management is psychological and therefore, not an exact science.