maya – Jun 8, 2009 12:00 AM

Maya has been very social lately, with an excessive amount of whining. Her video clip shows her in this behavior, then you will see her submissively greeting Shadow. This could indicate the normal hormonal cycle that occurs in wolves. Even in the absence of pups, there is a cycling of prolactin, the nurturing hormone. Unfortunately, we haven't discovered any way to measure these hormonal levels without bloodwork. It would be interesting to watch these hormonal cycles and correlate to behavior.