A long day is finally winding down. I know all you want to see is pictures of the pups and hear about how they are doing, so I will spare you the details of the day. Both pups were in the den upon arrival! They were busy wrestling with each other and gnawing on a rat that M1803 (dad) had dropped off earlier. I say huge because, well, they are huge. Their dad, M1803 is huge (almost 80 pounds) andRead more
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Tuesday’s Pup check
Yesterday’s pup check went great. Both pups were in the den. Pups in the main den makes life easier and quicker for everyone. Although at 5.5 weeks old, the pups were moving around so it meant Keeper Autumn had to actually climb into the den to pull them out. The 5 week check is a quick one: get weights to ensure growth; give a quick look over the body to assure all looks well; and give the second round ofRead more
Dad’s Duties
M1803 is a great dad. He’s got a few jobs. Primarily, starting when the female is pregnant, he provides food. He brings her food. He lets her take food from him. He repeats. Another one of his jobs is to oversee his territory and keep his family safe. He does this from outside the den. Rarely, if ever, does he enter when the pups are newborn. He’ll be more directly involved with the pups when they start moving around onRead more
Pups chugging along
We’ve been hands off with the pups for a couple of weeks, but Monday was the day for their vet check. A few photos from our check are below. I’ll get the video up tomorrow. The pups were in the den. This makes everything quicker. We’re in the exhibit a shorter amount of time since we’re not searching for pups and we can access the den easily. We noticed the pups are developing at different rates. InRead more
Update from the Wolf exhibit
It’s been one week since we shut the wolf exhibit down – for guests and staff. We don’t have much news to share except our two little ones appear to be growing like weeds. Enjoy the footage from the den camera. There is so much to see: intense eating (and snuggling), eyes opening, and even the beginnings of walking. We’ll have to get in the exhibit this week and “pup proof it” now that walking has begun. Read more
Wolf Update
We last reported the death of the female pup. With the necropsy complete we await the test results and continue to focus on the remaining pups, and parents. F2062 has been on the move a lot- with pup (sometimes both). We decided to not only let things settle down by closing the exhibit to visitors, but also staff. We changed our routines drastically to limit our access to the exhibit, but also anything near the exhibit. This means we don’tRead more