Dear all,
Today, I am back in camp reindeer and this time they have hit the headlines: Gandalf is in rut.
Rut is another way of describing the mating season of ruminant animals such as deer, sheep, elk, moose, caribou, ibex, pronghorn and reindeer! During this period, males rub their antlers or horns on trees, fight with each other, wallow in mud or dust and herd their harem of ladies together. 
Gandalf is *shudder* mid-rut' which means that he is generally in quite a bad mood, picks fights with everything (including inanimate objects) and is currently auditioning for a cameo in 'Resident Evil 5'.
Gandalf's velvet is coming away from the rack itself which is a sight, so horrific, I am sure it would scare away small children. According to google, rut is triggered by the shortening of the daylight hours which mean that the subsequent young are born in spring, where the sun is shining, flowers are blooming and the lambs are therefore leaping!
I was trying to appease our friend with dandelions but [as you can see from the photos and footage below], he was beyond counsel. The poor thing is in quite the quandary!
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