Grizzer has been showing a bit of interest in dominance. He's been observed attempting to make direct eye contact with Malik, but so far, Malik averts his gaze. Maya doesn't miss out of any of the interactions in the pack, she readily interacts with Grizzer and as last week's video's showed, is often in a dominance ride-up or scruff display with Grizzer. Grizzer continues to show a quick submissive response to Shadow, but spends more time socially interacting with Shadow than attempting dominance.
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Malik has had a heightened level of interaction with the pack. He continues to show a hackle response if Shadow, Maya and Grizzer are interacting. He has proven to be quicker than any of the others in the pack, and typically runs in for a bite on Shadow while his back is turned to the young adults. Grizzer has been attempting to hold eye contact with Malik, but so far, Malik is ignoring him or growling at him and running. Shadow seems to take his brother's behavior in stride, with some chase or follow behaviors, but rarely with a hackle response, unless Malik makes contact with his teeth. This is the life of the male rank order.
As the fall bird migration begins, many small songbirds are landing in the enclosure to eat miscellaneous seeds, and left over scraps from the wolves. Maya is constantly on alert to the quick movement of these birds and she follows through with a chase… This leaves her a bit tired, not to mention keeping up with Grizzer. So, in this week's photo, she takes a well deserved break on one of the rocks.
Grizzer has been very photogenic lately, spending a lot of time on the greeting rock in front of the maple trees that are just reaching their peak of color. He continues to attempt to make eye contact with Malik, but Malik continues to avert his gaze. Grizzer and Maya create good distractions for each other, as shown in this week's videos for both.
Staff have noticed a dramatic change in Shadow. He's been much more social in the last month, likely stimulated by the presence of the dog pups on site (possibly stimulating an increase in prolactin hormone). He's also more trusting of staff since we switched to a once a month fly treatment (thanks to Andi Nelson's donations). Staff haven't tormented him with the daily fly cream since late June. It makes a difference to Shadow.
MacKenzie is doing well. She is very trusting of staff, now that we are hand feeding to avoid Lakota's overconsumption. She has finally shed her entire winter coat, and will enjoy a few weeks of cool conditions before stimulated to grow the winter hair back. Staff have noticed a few more subcutaneous lumps on Mac, similar to some existing benign growths that she's had over the last few years.
Wolf Care Staff have been busy providing logistical support to a film crew, working on a series called "Ms. Adventure" for Animal Planet. So, needless to say, there's not much time today for wolf logs. So, we'll have the same posting for all wolves. The Retired Pack is settling into a routine, when small amount of food are given, Lakota is fed in the holding area, while MacKenzie gets her fare share in the main enclosure. The Exhibit Pack is doing well, there's a bit of tension between the male's over rank order position, but so far, no real issues. Maya continues to be the predatory wolf, hunting small birds that are landing in the enclosure searching for seeds before their fall migration. Other than a few noisy moments, the wolves are still calm and remaining in a more crepuscular (dawn and dusk) pattern to avoid the heat. All the wolves have begun the winter hair growth of their dense undercoat, so when temperatures increase now, it's even more uncomfortable. As you can see by the video this week, the best place to be is in the wooded portion of the enclosure.
Wolf Care Staff have been busy providing logistical support to a film crew, working on a series called "Ms. Adventure" for Animal Planet. So, needless to say, there's not much time today for wolf logs. So, we'll have the same posting for all wolves. The Retired Pack is settling into a routine, when small amount of food are given, Lakota is fed in the holding area, while MacKenzie gets her fare share in the main enclosure. The Exhibit Pack is doing well, there's a bit of tension between the male's over rank order position, but so far, no real issues. Maya continues to be the predatory wolf, hunting small birds that are landing in the enclosure searching for seeds before their fall migration. Other than a few noisy moments, the wolves are still calm and remaining in a more crepuscular (dawn and dusk) pattern to avoid the heat. All the wolves have begun the winter hair growth of their dense undercoat, so when temperatures increase now, it's even more uncomfortable.
Wolf Care Staff have been busy providing logistical support to a film crew, working on a series called "Ms. Adventure" for Animal Planet. So, needless to say, there's not much time today for wolf logs. So, we'll have the same posting for all wolves. The Retired Pack is settling into a routine, when small amount of food are given, Lakota is fed in the holding area, while MacKenzie gets her fare share in the main enclosure. The Exhibit Pack is doing well, there's a bit of tension between the male's over rank order position, but so far, no real issues. Maya continues to be the predatory wolf, hunting small birds that are landing in the enclosure searching for seeds before their fall migration. Other than a few noisy moments, the wolves are still calm and remaining in a more crepuscular (dawn and dusk) pattern to avoid the heat. All the wolves have begun the winter hair growth of their dense undercoat, so when temperatures increase now, it's even more uncomfortable. As you can see by the video this week, the best place to be is in the wooded portion of the enclosure.
Wolf Care Staff have been busy providing logistical support to a film crew, working on a series called "Ms. Adventure" for Animal Planet. So, needless to say, there's not much time today for wolf logs. So, we'll have the same posting for all wolves. The Retired Pack is settling into a routine, when small amount of food are given, Lakota is fed in the holding area, while MacKenzie gets her fare share in the main enclosure. The Exhibit Pack is doing well, there's a bit of tension between the male's over rank order position, but so far, no real issues. Maya continues to be the predatory wolf, hunting small birds that are landing in the enclosure searching for seeds before their fall migration. Other than a few noisy moments, the wolves are still calm and remaining in a more crepuscular (dawn and dusk) pattern to avoid the heat. All the wolves have begun the winter hair growth of their dense undercoat, so when temperatures increase now, it's even more uncomfortable. As you can see by the video this week, the best place to be is in the wooded portion of the enclosure.
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