Spirit Guide of the Day is Donkey! Use your physical strength to help with local volunteering in your community. Take your time with your goals, moving with thought and caution towards what choices you will make. Don't worry about rushing, but focus on listening to your intuition. Weigh your options carefully when dealing with possible risks. Pay attention to your personal morals and express your true self confidently, for the more you do so the more you will find acknowledgement. The Donkey guide is known for it's determination, spiritual dedication, faith, and willingness to take on responsibilities. At times, this can mean a lesson to learn in making sure to take time for yourself rather than overworking yourself. While stubbornness runs strong, this is only a trait learned through using their logical and intuitive senses to avoid danger. Donkey can show us how to carefully consider the future before moving in order to find our way safely through challenges. The Donkey was seen as a sign of wealth for those who could afford such a versatile, intelligent creature. In Greek mythology, Donkeys were associated with the God Dionysus and were known to also represent sensuality and greater instincts. People who connect with Donkey are patient, laid-back types with deep souls. These individuals are always willing to help others with their dedicated, hard work, but can sometimes take on too much to handle. They will complete their goals and projects so matter how difficult.

Donkey, Equus Asinus, are herbivorous mammals found all over the world belonging to the Equidae family. They are related to animals such as horses and zebras. They are much stockier than their relatives with large, floppy ears. Donkeys come in three types: feral, domesticated, and wild. The domesticated donkey comes in eight various types and will range in size depending on how they are bred. The Wild donkey are larger, often around 49 inches shoulder high and weighing approximately 550 lbs. The domesticated donkey is often between 36-48 inches tall and weighing between 400-500 lbs. However, the type of donkey called Mammoth stock can reach incredible sizes of 950 lbs and 56 inches tall. On the other hand, the Miniature donkey weighs less than 400 lbs and only stands as high as 36 inches at the shoulder. The domesticated donkeys can be found all over the world while the wild donkeys are only found in the savannas and deserts throughout northern Africa from Morocco to Somalia to the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula. Some species of domesticated donkey are only found in the areas where they are bred such as the Anatolia donkey bred in Turkey, the Abyssinian donkey from Ethiopia, and the Kiang found in China as well as India, Nepal, and northern parts of Pakistan. Regardless of where they are bred, Donkeys prefer a dry, warm environment to live in. The diet of a Donkey includes grasses, desert plants, and shrubs. These incredible eaters can ingest up to 6,000 lbs of food in a single year which can sometimes be dangerous when feral donkeys intrude on the habitat of other herbivores. They have a unique way of eating in which they will grab the plant with their lips rather than tearing with their teeth in order to pull it into their mouths to grind with their flat teeth. Female donkeys are referred to as jennets or jennies while males are called jacks. These social creatures will live in herds with typically one lead male and multiple females. At times, larger herds will include more than one male with a dominant male above the others. Herds of wild donkey will often exchange members, disband, or reform regularly. Due to the high heat of their preferred habitat, these animals are known to travel more during the mornings and evenings when the heat is lower. While these animals are known for their dedication and carefree intelligence, they are also very protective and will react with powerful stomps and strikes of their hooves at anything that could be considered a threat. They are open to interactions with other types of Equine, however, and have even been known to breed with others such as zebras and horses. A Jenny and a male horse's offspring is called a hinny while a Jack and a female horse's offspring is called a mule. When a donkey and a zebra reproduce, the offspring are called a zeedonk, zonkey, or zebroid. However, these hybrids are nearly always sterile and unable to produce their own young. Baby donkeys are called foals and are able to stand and nurse on their own within 30 minutes of birth. Weaning occurs around 5 months and they are old enough to reproduce when they mature fully at 2 years.