Fast once a week, bone or muscle meat once a week. Red wolves are solitary, not pack oriented as grey wolves . Pair may mate for life and will be seen just with young offspring. Red wolves are nocturnal. They seldom howl, though sometimes they sing and chortle coyote-fashion, especially when young.
Red wolves have long thin legs, are good runners, and have large pointed ears.
Hearing and vision are keen as is the sense of smell. The coat is short and coarse and changes with a definite summer and winter coat. Adults become sexually mature and mate between 2 and 3 years of age. Pups' eyes begin to open at about 2 weeks and the young begin to take solid food from 2 to 6 weeks of age. Solid food is regurgitated by Canis species and fed to young.