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…
Two ABR Stories
The first story is about the cleaning of Balthazar’s rooms at Hartley House. As you can imagine, when a young bear is confined indoors, regular cleaning up is a must.…
Sleeping Outside or In
As we have posted recently, the three cubs who are overwintering at ABR have a choice of sleeping arrangements – they often sleep in the daybed that Jessamine made, but…
Balthazar Bear + Tree
Our latest arrival, little Balthazar Bear, from Louisiana, is residing in the Hartley House to eat, rest, and gain strength to be able to go out into the Wild Enclosure.…