What Shall We Do?
The three yearlings in Wild Enclosure #4 can choose what to do on any given day. On this day, they did some playing and lots of sleeping. What a life!…
Eating in Bed
Balthazar Bear (King B) had the idea to eat snacks in bed. To that end, he moved his favorite treat toy over to the culvert den, where he has (sometimes)…
Beignet’s Daybed
Although the yearlings in Enclosure #4 have become accustomed to sleeping in Jessamine’s daybed or the Acclimation Pen, Beignet decided a third choice was needed. She raked the ground to…
Another Day and Night
We start the post just after noon, and find the two female yearlings using the platform for an afternoon rest. We must say that our yearlings lead a nice, stress-free…
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…