Signs of spring at the museum: Turtles hatching and moving towards the wetland But officially, spring starts when you see Sherry zipping around the bear yard aerating and planting grass seed. Afterward, the bears had fun playing in the cut grass.Read more
Posts tagged: #Yona
Yona’s First Day Meeting our Bears.
Sherry wrote about the bear introductions already but I wanted to add some video clips to her description. For a while Yona was in the side yard with Gus but they were not interacting. Yona was exploring the features in the yard and decided to tank a dunk in the water trough. Clip 1: Yona takes a plunge [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoIE9gXxCs8[/youtube] Keeper Katy did some training with Gus. Here you can see and hear Katy doing “target” training. Gus gets a raisinRead more
Yona meets the other bears
Things have gone pretty well with Yona meeting the other bears. (Remember, black bears are solitary by nature). Here’s the quick version, but come to any 2:00 Meet The Keeper program and you can talk to the Keepers first hand about what happened. Sunday late afternoon we let Yona and Gus together in the house. It was fairly uneventful so we let Virginia and Mimi in too. Gus and Yona did some gentle play wrestling. After about an hour, weRead more
Don’t put a camera in your back pocket when trying to sedate a bear
I told you we took Yona to the vet for radiographs, and I also told you I didn’t have any photos ’cause I busted the camera. I am still waiting on some of the photos that others took, but I can show you the broken camera. It still works, the old-fashioned way, by looking through the view finder and then waiting to look at the photo you snapped later. We’re likely going to replace the camera (any suggestions as toRead more
QuikPost: Yona’s visit to the vet.
We took Yona in for radiographs (x-rays) on February 9. (We mentioned that after she had a visit from the vets we might take her in if her limp did not improve). Dr. Carter is going to send me some photos of the visit- I busted the camera during the event so it’s going to take me a little longer to get you some photos of Yona lying on a stretcher or an x-ray table. X-rays and blood were taken.Read more
Cat in a tree, bear on a fence
While Cassidy and I were down at bears yesterday, Yona decided to impress us with her mad climbing skillz. Unfortunately she overestimated her abilities. Fortunately I had a camera in my pocket. There are some great shots of her bear feet, and a few good shots of the edge of my finger. Enjoy! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtMUlyY810c[/youtube]Read more