Daily Bear Updates
Tonight, we added an Ipad to The Cub Nursery and Hartley Bear is sleeping to the sounds of nature. We thought he might like to hear what he’d be listening to if he were still in the forest. The nature sounds also serve to mask the humming of the heating unit and the crunch of gravel when the curator walks from one building to another. Curator Tom is on night duty and has to wake every four hours to feed our slightly furry resident. Usually, our bears have such thick fur coats we can’t guess how much they weigh. That’s not true of Hartley; there’s little fur to mask his 12 pounds. However, as thin as he his, we must remember he’s not a cub. To put his weight and age in perspective, we’ll use Carter Bear, a former resident, as a comparison. I'm like Hartley I listen to nature sounds to lull myself to sleep hehehe Genius idea to add the IPad with the lullaby of forest sounds! I hope it will keep Hartley calm until he can gain enough weight and fur to be released to an Acclimation Pen. Thank you, Curator David, for taking on night duty and keeping a watchful eye on this sweet little bear. Prayers for another good night. Sweet dreams to all! I’ve been hoping that Hartley would not get too stressed being in the nursery. With how weak he must feel, a ready (although limited for now) food supply, and dry warmth, maybe he will feel like he’s found a good den. With the nature sounds, hopefully he’ll be a little happier as he grows stronger. ABR always thinks out side the box when it comes 2 the bears in need....Great Idea with the nature sounds......❤❤❤ The addition of the iPad for sound is an excellent idea! I hope it reassures Hartley & calms him. Thank you for all you are doing to make Hartley’s life better. Even though he is a yearling, it seems he wasn’t able to have a normal cubby’s life. You are making a difference in this sweet cub’s life. I am so glad that Appalachian Bear Rescue exists to help these beautiful creatures that God created. God bless you. Good night, sweet Hartley. A new day awaits. Now, little cubby, time for you to rest by the light of the moon and listen to the lullaby sounds of Mother Nature. Hartley has such a strong will to survive. I'm so thankful he's where he's at and in such good caring hands. Keep fighting Hartley you got this. Poor Hartley. Comparisons to Carter helps us understand Hartley's situation and just how dire his health. I hope and pray Hartley improves but he definitely is in a precarious position and not out of the woods. ❤🐻❤ Oh Hartley! You're cuteness makes me smile. Keep being strong. You're really, really loved. I wish i could bring Hartley home care for him and just love him. Yeah i know thats never happening but he is just so fragile and so much a baby. Praying for him and ABR You all are the BEST!!!
I still can’t believe he was still alive at that weight. It breaks my heart to think about what he went through 😥 The iPad addition is brilliant! Have you done that before? And, thank you for the helpful characteristics of the cub and the yearling! It’s 10:00 pm and I’ve learned things! At least he is improving. Sure hope that continues. Just sent for my Hartley Bear Adoption Package. I love the work y'all do and tell anyone who will sit still about your organization. Especially touched my heart this time because of his condition. Hoping we continue to see his improvement in next months. Love to all you who care so much that you choose this as your career 🐻 Such a sad little boy. Sending good thoughts his way. Hang in there, Hartley & heal . Chubbifying can come later. God bless that poor little bald bear♡ I wondered if you all were piping in nature sounds. I thought about that the other day when I saw Hartley following Janet’s moves when she fed him Saturday. I wondered if Hartley could be stressed from the silence of inside the cub nursery. I’m sure he wasn’t used to peace and quiet of the great indoors. Great idea to put the iPad in there. Oh, Carter Bear! That cubby took a chunk of my heart when he left ABR!
Hartley Bear, have a good night, and get some rest. Stay strong and keep fighting. ABR will be there to care for you.
❤️🐻🙏🏼💪🏼❤️ So grateful for the updates. And so very grateful you are there to provide care for this tiny little cubby. Poor baby! Bless him and all of You! Thank you for the update! Hope he has a restful night ❤️#staystrongHartley So glad he’s in from all the rain that is coming. He might not have made it out in the wet cold with such thin fur. The shirt in the adoption package, is the graphic on the front or the back of the shirt? I cannot tell 100% but I think it is on the back. And I assume the sizing is unisex? I have a question that has probably been answered and I missed it. As I remember, he didn’t have mange so is his hair loss from malnutrition? Today, at one of Hartley’s feedings, Curator Tom closed the panel separating the two compartments of Hartley’s pen and knelt down on one side to see if our bear had produced any scat. Sure enough, Hartley had delivered! However, our yearling thought Curator Tom too close for comfort and huffed and charged at him. It’s the first defensive behavior he’s exhibited since he arrived. Good bear! Curator Tom cleaned the pen, filled Hartley’s bowl with 3 ounces of formula and left him to eat. Hartley’s condition is fragile, but we’re grateful he produced urine, scat, and huffs all on the same day. Huffing and chubbfying and working plumbing! Once he shreds the bed we will be on our way to recovery! Although my heart is guarded, it is wide open to keep Hartley Bear in my prayers. He is eating, pooping, urinating, sleeping, huffing and charging...hmm, that is sounding like other cubs we know. We love and pray for you, little "feller", and those eyes of yours are looking into your new horizon. ☺️ Thank you God! I am becoming cautiously optimistic....many decades ago, I had to write a research paper on the severly malnourished elderly. I am assuming that what Hartley's body was/is doing is similar. Pulling fat, minerals, electrolytes, etc. In order for it to survive. Introduction of food has to be done very careful or the body can suffer trauma, even death. I am not certain if this is the same for bears. I cannot wait to see Hartley as a chubby cubby with an adorable nubbin!!!!! I have been praying for God's tiny creation and you folks. Hugs and love to all! Praise be for Hartley feeling strong enough to huff & charge at Tom! That extra ounce of formula is kicking in 😁 Sweet little Bear, so glad you peed, pooped and huffed 🙏🏻❤️🐻🥰 praying for his fur to grow back with time, so that he can be released back into the Wild. Little Eve in CA could not be released because her fur did not grow back 😔 YAY!!!! KEEP UP THAT SPUNKY BEAR BEHAVIOR!!! Continued baby bear prayers and all the caregivers He's a little fighter! Good! He needs that fight to improve. Thanks for the updates!🐻💛🙏 I am absolutely giddy just thinking about him getting to stuff his face with fruit and bear pellets soon. I absolutely can't wait as I'm sure he can't either!!! 🍇🍎🍒 Thank you so much for keeping us informed and taking care of that precious bear...what more can you ask for...he huffs, pees, and poops...hahahhaha. Great!! He's showing some feistiness! That's a definite sign of Improvement. So glad you are there to care for him. Praying for a complete recovery. What a great day for Hartley and ABR! I pray he continues on an upward trajectory! Urine and Scat .. good job Hartley. 💙🐻💙 Yay, Hartley! Never thought I'd be celebrating bear scat...lol
Glad he is feeling well enough to object to humans. That seems like a very good sign. Curator Tom seems to be a 🐻💩 magnet. Continued prayers for Hartley Bear! Little precious creature. Be warm and safe He looks much better, his sweet eyes are brighter, and he huffed and charged! Keep on fighting Hartley! Will this severe malnutrition affect his brain and the ability to regain all his 'bear instincts". He is so lucky to have made it to ABR!!! Poor little guy but good boy!!!! Keep up the good work, all around 😊 Good bear, Hartley! I'm waiting for the sweet sounds of trilling! ❤ So you upped his food from 2oz to 3oz thats good...hes getting so much better...thanks yall for the updates Looks like he is losing more fur. Will you need to increase the room temperature to help maintain his body heat? Oh my, Hartley! ABR, do you think his appearance will work 'against' him or will any other cubbies accept him? Will he get a Mother Bunny? I can't get my order to go thru. HELP! HELP! HELP! I tried to order the Hartley Bear adoption package. I tried 5 or 6 times using 2 different credit cards. Please advise as to what I can do to order. I ❤️ the t shirt! Great news! This is a great update, that I'm so happy to be reading. I have been wondering, at what point will you feel more comfortable and be able to say that he is "our of the woods" ?...lol...so to say. Really sending prayers for this beautiful creature and for all involved in his care. 🙏💙🐻 Hartley had a good night. The curator increased Hartley’s diluted bear milk replacement formula ration from 2oz to 3oz every four hours. We doubt our bear bothered to measure for accuracy; he was nose-to-the-bowl as soon as Curator David raised the gate. A good night + another new day + an increase in sustenance + output + a new bed + a million uplifting prayers = a little cubby on his way to a second chance and a bazillion happy humans. Thank you, ABR for the updates. Thank you for your understanding and the three updates. He has a long way to go and our thoughts and hearts are with him every step of it. He's raking his bed! Music to my heart!!! One more step along the way to recovery. Keep going forward, Hartley Bear!. Every day Hartley is still with us is a good day. Keep fighting the good fight, Hartley. Another ounce of milk, a new bed, being warm and dry... great progress! I know we were warned Hartley most likely would continue to lose hair, but that still makes me sad. Poor little guy. Hopefully that will turn around as he gets more nutrition and gains weight - and finally is able to get rid of the hitchikers in his system. Thank you for three updates each day. You know our hearts are with Hartley and with each of you. Sending healing strength. O I just love this guy...continued prayer for renewed health and strength for him. Renewed prayers for you all...Thank you.❤️ You can't help falling in love with this little guy! I love his fighting spirit and his will to live. He definitely stole my heart, will keep the prayers coming sweet little one. 💞👏💝 I don’t think he could have gotten any luckier, or be in better hands. Thank you all so much for your efforts, love, and compassion. One small ounce of formula, but a big ounce for Hartley! Keep it up baby bear. And thanks ABR for the 3 daily updates. ❤️🐻❤️🐻❤️ Every day gives him a better chance. You wonderful folks at Appalachian Bear Rescue are fantastic and if per chance this little fellow doesn't make it, it certainly won't be for lack of care and love. Thank you for everything you do on behalf of these bears. Good morning Hartley. This is all very encouraging news. Keep up the good work. Thanks for the updates ABR. Just keep on trucking little Hartley Bear 🐻🙏🏻❤️ I did notice Hartley fussing with the blanket yesterday and I thought, YAAAAY, regular bear behavior. Youall have taught us well. Another day went by. Great job little cub. keep hanging in there. You are loved by all.♥️ Good news that his filter is working properly! He seems to have more energy. Might be on the road to recovery! ...every good day is a day closer to recovery. ♥️ Such a will to survive! Prayers he makes a full recovery Little guy is eating so he has a good chance of surviving I pray - Hi question for you . A bear this age would no doubt have. Great deal of physical contact with his mother. He is so weak surely it is unlikely to be returned to the wild. We know animals which miss social contact may become aggressive or developmentally challenged. What decisions are you making about Hartley and whether he should have some physical contact and comfort ? Or at least a soft toy bear , maybe warmed up , or some substitute for contact from his mother ? Go Hartley... keep up the good progress! We are all head over heels in love with Hartley. When I'm at work all I think about us getting home to see update on him. Every day is a gift and hopefully with the regular nutrition he will turn that corner. Keep up the great work Harley. Thousands of concerned people are pulling for you and love you. Thank you ABR for all your hard work and care Thank you for the update! Keep healing Hartley Bear! 💖🐻💖 You should have named him Valentine Bear. Good news...so glad to hear it. Bless his little heart. Prayers continue for that baby's forward progress. Can you tell with his movements that he is getting any stronger or is it too soon? Any idea why his fur is falling out?
❤️🐻❤️ Hartley Bear arrived at ABR from Kentucky on Valentine's Day. He is almost 13 months old, but weighs only 12 pounds. Little Hartley is missing much of his fur coat and is severely malnourished and dehydrated. Thank you Peggy Sue Stoever Terpstra!!! Ordering now if any left!! Was able to adopt him this morning YAY! Will we be able to re-adopt Hartley Bear when his picture eventually becomes available so that we can have his picture next to those of our other adoptees? ♥️🐻🐾 Love lil Hartley, a true fighter! 🐻 So glad to help out and adopt him! Rhonda Esposito I ordered. So excited. ABR is Hartley’s snout longer indicative of the region he was found in (KY), or does it appear to be longer and narrower because of his hair loss? Thanks so much for the frequent updates! Tried to do the adoption package but can’t get it to go through any suggestions? Is the ball cap for sale also So glad to be able to adopt Hartley! I adopted Hartley Bear! Yay my size is available today❤ ordered! Just adopted him! So glad this little guy is getting a second chance. Thank you ABR for all you do! 🐻❤️ Done. I really appreciate all that you do for these fragile bears. Someday I hope to visit in person. ❤️🥰 He actually only weighed 11 pounds 😊 i’m sure he’s gained a little in the last few days though Vickie Creech Thank you, and thank you for helping Hartley! I am wearing my shirt today! It shipped so quickly and i was SO excited to get it. I've had 2 folks ask me about it at work today... :) Thanks for all you do for the little guys! I love them so! Cannot get my card info accepted, tried several times. Sent a donation via PP for him💕 Nia Bourdon Thank you to Lisa?? I think, for letting me literally run into the store this past Saturday to buy a few things, I was so happy I got my stuff and thanks to everyone at ABR for all you do! ❤️💕❤️ Are your shirts unisex sized or women’s sized? Aww Hartley! Adopted! ❤️🐻❤️🐻❤️ Hartley has been adopted! This baby had a very strong will to live So glad he's got such wonderful people to take care of him, thank you all ❤ Sweet Hartley - you have so many people pulling for you. Get rest and feel better soon. Hello from Chicago. Thank you for all you do. There is special place in Heaven for people like you Hartley is gonna have as big of a social media following as April the giraffe lol. We're all pulling for ya little feller. Kentucky appreciates all that ABR is doing for our beloved little Hartley! Thank you so much! God love this little bear. Sending healing thoughts from Sydney, Australia. I really appreciate these updates. ABR MyHeros Hi. I live in Lynch Kentucky. Hartley bear was found just a few minutes from my house ! He seems to have a really strong will to survive. We went by y’all offices in Trillum Cove Center. Great shop here in our beautiful Townsend Wishing the vets could come to you there. Wouldn’t it be less stressful? So glad Hartley lapped up his 3 ounces!! ❤️🐻 Thank you David for the update! Oh gosh! I didn’t know that skin was coming off too Thank you so much for going the extra step to share the video with us. It is deeply appreciated❤️🐻❤️🐻 Try to get a little nap in before next feeding Can’t wait to hear what the vet says at the next visit. Tuesday right? Go baby Hartley and grow and get better and be able to released back into the woods in a few months 🐻🙂 The rest of the dead fur will fall out before it starts regrowing I am so happy to hear about Hartley, I am checking every day on him, Thank you so much for all that you do. I’m so happy you were able to get this video working. Amazing how ABR works to save all the cubbies. ❤️🐻 He is a smart little bear, (why he has survived) but he follows every move you make, very aware of surroundings. I hope that’s a good sign. He’s a survivor. I’m so glad this sweet baby was found in time and brought to ABR. Prayers for his continued progress and healing... So he can see you when you're in the room with him currently...at what point will you begin to hide his sightings of you? I would choose to have the ut vets that work with your bears and your facility care for me in a medical situation than drs and hospitals you turn out beatiful bears some brought in looked like they wouldnt make it
Carter Bear came to ABR on June 20, 2015. He was 5 months old and weighed about 12 pounds on arrival. Hartley, our 13-month-old yearling, weighed about 12 pounds when he arrived. Though their weight is similar, taking care of a cub is different from taking care of a yearling. A yearling is taller, stronger and has more life experience. Cubs don’t like living in pens, but yearlings hate it. Cubs are gregarious and need the company of other cubs. Yearlings (for the most part) are timid and prefer to be alone. Feeding cubs, especially young ones, is a hands-on process; if we’re not careful, they can easily become habituated to humans. Yearlings have a natural wariness of humans, and as long as we limit their exposure to us, they retain that wariness. Cubs engage with stuffed toy companions; yearlings are usually indifferent to them. However, if the curators think Hartley would benefit, they will provide a soft toy.
Carter and Hartley illustrate the difference between “surviving” and “thriving”. Carter Bear thrived, and his weight showed it. Hartley’s weight, the same as a cub less than half his age, shows he was barely surviving. Life in the wild is often about surviving from one day to the next; thriving is a bonus.
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We’re posting updates on Hartley three times a day: morning, afternoon and evening. We’ll be back tomorrow morning. We wish you a good evening. ❤️🐻Tonight, we added an Ipad to The Cub Nursery and Hartley Bear is sleeping to the sounds of nature. We thought he might like to hear what he’d be listening to if he were still in the forest. The nature sounds also serve to mask the humming of the heating unit and the crunch of gravel when the curator walks from one building to another. Curator Tom is on night duty and has to wake every four hours to feed our slightly furry resident. Usually, our bears have such thick fur coats we can’t guess how much they weigh. That’s not true of Hartley; there’s little fur to mask his 12 pounds. However, as thin as he his, we must remember he’s not a cub. To put his weight and age in perspective, we’ll use Carter Bear, a former resident, as a comparison.
Carter Bear came to ABR on June 20, 2015. He was 5 months old and weighed about 12 pounds on arrival. Hartley, our 13-month-old yearling, weighed about 12 pounds when he arrived. Though their weight is similar, taking care of a cub is different from taking care of a yearling. A yearling is taller, stronger and has more life experience. Cubs don’t like living in pens, but yearlings hate it. Cubs are gregarious and need the company of other cubs. Yearlings (for the most part) are timid and prefer to be alone. Feeding cubs, especially young ones, is a hands-on process; if we’re not careful, they can easily become habituated to humans. Yearlings have a natural wariness of humans, and as long as we limit their exposure to us, they retain that wariness. Cubs engage with stuffed toy companions; yearlings are usually indifferent to them. However, if the curators think Hartley would benefit, they will provide a soft toy.
Carter and Hartley illustrate the difference between “surviving” and “thriving”. Carter Bear thrived, and his weight showed it. Hartley’s weight, the same as a cub less than half his age, shows he was barely surviving. Life in the wild is often about surviving from one day to the next; thriving is a bonus.
The Hartley Bear Adoption Package is available again! Please click on the link below to place your order. Thank you for your support.
https://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51586/t/19338/shop/item.jsp?storefront_KEY=334&t=&store_item_KEY=2320
We’re posting updates on Hartley three times a day: morning, afternoon and evening. We’ll be back tomorrow morning. We wish you a good evening. ❤️🐻
The Hartley Bear Adoption Package is available again! Please click on the link below to place your order. Thank you for your support.
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We know you are as concerned about Hartley as we are, so we ’ll be posting updates on his condition three times daily: morning, afternoon and evening. Thank you for helping us help him. ❤️🐻Today, at one of Hartley’s feedings, Curator Tom closed the panel separating the two compartments of Hartley’s pen and knelt down on one side to see if our bear had produced any scat. Sure enough, Hartley had delivered! However, our yearling thought Curator Tom too close for comfort and huffed and charged at him. It’s the first defensive behavior he’s exhibited since he arrived. Good bear! Curator Tom cleaned the pen, filled Hartley’s bowl with 3 ounces of formula and left him to eat. Hartley’s condition is fragile, but we’re grateful he produced urine, scat, and huffs all on the same day.
The Hartley Bear Adoption Package is available again! Please click on the link below to place your order. Thank you for your support.
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We know you are as concerned about Hartley as we are, so we ’ll be posting updates on his condition three times daily: morning, afternoon and evening. Thank you for helping us help him. ❤️🐻 
Hartley produced urine this morning, but no scat; not surprising since he’s not had solid food for a while. Curator David had to change Hartley’s bed and the new one puzzled our little bear. You may have noticed in last night’s live Facebook video, Hartley raking at his bedding. Bears in the wild rake leaves and twigs to form day beds, and Hartley was doing the same with pad and towel. It took him a few minutes to make the bed suitable and then he went to sleep. Hartley is still losing fur and as we’ve stated previously, this might get worse before it gets better.
We’ll be posting updates on Hartley three times a day: morning, afternoon and evening. Hartley is still in fragile condition and we know you are as concerned about him as we are.
Thank you for your kindness. ❤️🐻
appalachianbearrescue.org/Hartley had a good night. The curator increased Hartley’s diluted bear milk replacement formula ration from 2oz to 3oz every four hours. We doubt our bear bothered to measure for accuracy; he was nose-to-the-bowl as soon as Curator David raised the gate.
Hartley produced urine this morning, but no scat; not surprising since he’s not had solid food for a while. Curator David had to change Hartley’s bed and the new one puzzled our little bear. You may have noticed in last night’s live Facebook video, Hartley raking at his bedding. Bears in the wild rake leaves and twigs to form day beds, and Hartley was doing the same with pad and towel. It took him a few minutes to make the bed suitable and then he went to sleep. Hartley is still losing fur and as we’ve stated previously, this might get worse before it gets better.
We’ll be posting updates on Hartley three times a day: morning, afternoon and evening. Hartley is still in fragile condition and we know you are as concerned about him as we are.
Thank you for your kindness. ❤️🐻
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