shadow – May 10, 2013 12:00 AM

On Wednesday, I fed Shadow and Malik 10 pounds of chicken, and we thought it was a bit unusual for Shadow to guard the food from Malik, usually it's the other way around. On Thursday, Shadow appeared to have a swollen joint on his front left leg that may have been caused by some excited activity over the chicken. The surveillance cameras did show a bit of posturing later in the day on Wednesday, but not any definitive view of an event that might have aggravated Shadows leg. I started him on a 7 day anti-inflammatory dose at Noon on Thursday and by 5 pm, he showed great improvement. Shadow and Malik are very different from all the other wolves here, they are very agile and tend to do some quick jumps when greeting each other or greeting staff. This can put some stress on the joints, especially for older wolves.