shadow – Jun 15, 2006 12:00 AM

Shadow is looking the most scruffy of all the exhibit animals. His dominant status keeps him from activities that make him vulnerable, including standing still while staff brush out his dense undercoat. Staff have reverted to the technique of plucking him as he goes by, although he did have a great session with Matt Fetterer the other day. Shadow seems to be more keyed in to the male handlers at the Center. He's still resistant to fly ointment, but earlier in May, when he was immobilized for the inner ear cleaning and inspection, the Vet put a dose of Biospot on his ear tips. Biospot is designed to work for months at a time in repelling flies, and it seems to have worked, as he has not had a bloody fly bite on his ears yet, and trust me, the Minnesota bugs are out there…