Dr. Carter checked out Yona on Sunday. Yona has some thin hair on her chest and a slight limp. Her front legs are a little pigeon-toed: we’ll keep a watch and maybe take her in for x-rays if we don’t see any improvement.In general, Yona is settling in slowly. She is currently only eating peanuts that are in the shell and turning down most everything else offered to her (unless it is syrup that we put medicine in or mini-marshmallowsRead more
Posts tagged: #Yona
QuikPost: Friends
Sherry mentioned in her post that she gave Yona a stuffed bear a few days ago. Today while we were in the locker room looking for more uniform shirts, we found an old stuffed horse that I think was an old horse from our Play to Learn exhibit. It was getting in our way, but we thought Yona might like a new friend! It will go in with her tonight. I sat on it for scale: And though we areRead more
QuikPost: Yona Update
Yona is beginning to settle in- baby steps though. Her pacing continues but it is less. She is showing interest in the other bears. Katy was able to start training with Yona which is a great sign, as initially Yona wasn’t even interested in food. Last night when I checked on her she was curled up in a pile of hay.Read more
Yona Photos!
I finally got some photos to share with you. That’s my bear with Yona (his name is big bear and I got him about 37 years ago when I could barley get my arms around him). We’re hoping he provides companionship until Yona can go with our real bears. I went in with Yona to get these photos- she did eventually let me rub her belly. She wanted to “hug” me, which is what Lisa from ABR said Yona didRead more
Why The Difficulties for Yona (and the others)
Yes, it’s true, no photos yet. I’m still in bed, but wanted to follow-up to my last post. I hope that people “get” what’s going on for Yona and the other bears. I assume some people would think Yona would be thrilled and the other bears would welcome her with open arms. Some elaboration to explain what’s going on. Yona grew up being bottle fed by the same person and then living in the same exhibit at ABR with otherRead more
Yona Update: Day 1
Sorry, no photos, just a few words. A difficult first day for sure. Yona had dumped all her water and ripped apart the automatic waterer (a favorite activity of all the bears) and the water bucket. She was hesitant to go into the holding yard. Once there, she paced a bunch. She seemed uninterested in food. After about 30 minutes of the same, I left her, recalling Virginia Bear’s first difficult days of pacing and apparent dissatisfaction. It made meRead more