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Christmas 2010

It’s around 11:00 and Christmas 2010 is very uneventful- nothing to laugh or cry about yet. (Click here to read about past Christmas’ which were much more interesting!) I arrived around 5:30 this morning. There was no rain, no flat tires, no really sick animals, nothing. I checked in with the security guard and then began my day. I let Ladybelle ferret wander around. It did take 10 photos to get this non-blurry photo of her. I worked through feeding,Read more

Yona update (and interesting photos)

Yona is doing great! She’s been back in the exhibit for three weeks.  With the exception of her hair being shorter on her right front limb all seems to be wonderful. I cringe when I see her and Gus wrestle on the cliff, but it’s great to see the two of them interacting again. I was looking through some photos and came across the following: A couple weeks after Yona’s surgery Dr. Vanderford was trying to figure out what mightRead more
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QuikPost:Yona bear update

  The picture above doesn’t do justice to Yona as her hair has grown back in since her surgery in September. We expect to be letting Yona back into the exhibit in just one week! It will be eight weeks since her surgery and she is doing really well. Her limp has mostly diminished and we’re really happy with how things have gone. I was looking through some emails and blogs and came across a really great video that Karyn took backRead more
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Yona’s surgery- it’s over and she is back

Yona has now been back at the Museum for about 1.5 days now and is recovering from her surgery to remove a bone fragment in her elbow.  Read an article and see better pictures than below by the News & Observer- the photos are way better than mine (see the photo gallery for all the pictures). A few photos I took are below, as well as a couple of Yona back at the Museum. We’ll keep you posted as to when she will goRead more