shadow – Jan 14, 2002 12:00 AM

Part 2. Keeping the omega isolated or restricted during the winter months (hormonally driven breeding season even for spayed or neutered animals) is not an uncommon thing. Last winter Lakota used the lower den in the front of the exhibit and wasn't allowed to go to the top of the hill. This winter, she chose the upper den and now is restricted in coming down the hill. In reviewing the logs from the spring of 2001, we saw much more relaxed behavior toward the omega as the spring approached. We anticipate this occurring again in the spring of 2002. Lakota is fed and watered in the upper enclosure and interacts well with the alpha's when she has the opportunity.