Friday Chat w/ Vlad

Hey, it’s Vlad. No, I have not impaled myself on a stick, although sometimes having to deal with some of the others here makes me want to do so. The truth is I am shedding which makes me super itchy. Foxes can have up to 20,000 hairs per square cm compared to humans who only have a couple hundred so you can imagine how itchy shedding can be. In a few months I will have my summer coat which will not only be dashing but will also help me keep me cool. All of the others are shedding as well but I called dibs on the stick. Management sometimes collects the hair so they have jars full of it. They keep saying they are going to have it spun into yarn and make socks out of it. Would anyone out there want some Vlad hair socks? The best part about them will be when they get wet it will reactivate the foxy smell. Many of you have probably experienced a wet dog smell but you have not lived until you’ve experienced a wet fox smell. We have a special gland on our tails called the violet gland. Other Canids can also have a gland here but many suggest ours is the most pungent. The chemical makeup of some of the secretions is actually similar to some of the chemicals found in the aroma of the violet flower but if you smelled it I guarantee you would not be thinking about flowers. Management sometimes calls it the violent gland. I take a bit of offense to this. I find the aroma from my violet gland to be quite delightful in a jarring sort of way. Now Yuri’s gland puts out some nasty funk but that is probably because of all they pastries that boy eats. We may need to sort out the Yuri hair before we make the socks otherwise they would give your odor eaters a run for their money. I need to go now and guard my stick. If one of the others tries to claim the stick for themselves there is going to be trouble and no one needs that right now.

Vlad out.