Hibernation?
We have seen that the three yearlings in Wild Enclosure #4 are spending a lot of time sleeping, but not sleeping around the clock. So the question is: Are they…
Yearlings in Enclosure #4
The two Louisiana yearlings and the South Carolina yearling are showing us what hibernation is like for southern bears. They sleep about 20 hours a day but are also up…
Busy King B
King B or Balthazar Bear is a busy little yearling. He utilizes everything in the Hartley House as he grows. Everything he does is helping him grow. Especially his hearty…
Beignet, Jessamine, King B
Today’s post is about three of the four cubs in residence. We start in Wild Enclosure #4, where Jessamine and Beignet met by a tree. And now to the Hartley…
Beignet Meets Ice
There have been a few days of cold weather, sufficient to freeze the water in the drinking tub and to a lesser extent, in the Cubby Pool. Beignet Bear found…
King B Works Hard
Balthazar (King B), our little Louisiana cub, is doing well in the Hartley House. Even though he is almost a yearling who has lived outside since last spring, he has…
Peanuts in Enclosure #4!
After consulting with the Louisiana wildlife officers, the curators decided to start feeding the three overwintering cubs again. They scattered peanuts (25 pounds of them) in Wild Enclosure #4, so…
Update on Enclosure #4
We’ve spent some time focusing on Balthazar Bear, so now we need to get back to Wild Enclosure #4 and see how the three out-of-state cubs are doing. They are…
Busy Little Bear
Our newest arrival, King B, or Balthazar Bear, is a very busy cub who explores and tries out everything in his two rooms of the Hartley House. Sometimes he rolls…
Balthazar at the Vet
The curators noticed that our newest cub, King B (Balthazar Bear) had a distended belly, not just a chubbifying one. Curator Coy took the little bear to the University of…