Comments on: Trash or Treasure for Polar Bears? http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:27:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Margaret http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-102678 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:11:42 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-102678 Thanks for explaining who is in the picture. It is great to know that Kalluk likes Chinook enough to "kiss" her. Maybe they will be a couple some day??? Thanks for explaining who is in the picture. It is great to know that Kalluk likes Chinook enough to “kiss” her. Maybe they will be a couple some day???

]]> by: Kris http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-84909 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:53:15 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-84909 She must have cuz I can see all 3 bears playing and not a one with a collar. She must have cuz I can see all 3 bears playing and not a one with a collar.

]]> by: Margaret http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-84898 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:36:04 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-84898 Did Tatqiq get her "bib" off yet? I don't see any bears with a collar on them in the pool. However, I only see two bears, and she may not be one of them. They sure are having a great time playing in the cool clear water at 9:37 AM PDT. Did Tatqiq get her “bib” off yet? I don’t see any bears with a collar on them in the pool. However, I only see two bears, and she may not be one of them. They sure are having a great time playing in the cool clear water at 9:37 AM PDT.

]]> by: Margaret http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-83624 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:19:21 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-83624 Kelly, Tarqiq gets A+ for creativity. She beat her brother out this time. If she figured out how to get it on, with time she will figure out how to get it off. Do you ever get close enough to her through a squeeze cage or something similar that you can use Nelping Hands Reachers. I look forward to seeing the happy trio on the webcam soon. I keep missing them, or they are asleep on the beach. Kelly, Tarqiq gets A+ for creativity. She beat her brother out this time. If she figured out how to get it on, with time she will figure out how to get it off. Do you ever get close enough to her through a squeeze cage or something similar that you can use Nelping Hands Reachers. I look forward to seeing the happy trio on the webcam soon. I keep missing them, or they are asleep on the beach.

]]> by: Debi in MA http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-83529 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:26:33 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-83529 Please change the cam back to the way it was! All we see now is buildings and beach, and blurry at that. Now we can't watch the bears swim and play, anymore, and that is what I used to look at all day long. For people like me, with health problems so we are unable to travel, these type of cams give us the opportunity to see things we otherwise would miss completely. I miss watching the bears! Please change the cam back to the way it was! All we see now is buildings and beach, and blurry at that. Now we can’t watch the bears swim and play, anymore, and that is what I used to look at all day long. For people like me, with health problems so we are unable to travel, these type of cams give us the opportunity to see things we otherwise would miss completely. I miss watching the bears!

]]> by: Kris http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-81369 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:57:02 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-81369 It really would have been wonderful to have a picture of Princess Tatqiq in her tiara to go along with this great story!! =] The picture you have is very good, though... It really would have been wonderful to have a picture of Princess Tatqiq in her tiara to go along with this great story!! =] The picture you have is very good, though…

]]> by: ben http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-81368 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:56:40 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-81368 That is cool. That is cool.

]]> by: Debi in MA http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-81318 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:32:52 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-81318 P.S.~They are called Helping Hands Reachers! P.S.~They are called Helping Hands Reachers!

]]> by: Debi in MA http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-81296 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:16:52 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/trash-or-treasure-for-polar-bears/#comment-81296 I saw that around one of the bears necks...in fact I saw it floating in the water before it went on. I could not figure out what it was, but noticed she was still swimming and playing and feeling quite graceful with her new "tiara" on her. Oh, bears! There is a piece of equipment for birdfeeding that is a long stick with a little clip at the end which you can control from the bottom. Is there anyway you can use something like that to slide into the cage, clip on to the newly found tiara, and slip it off? I am not sure what it is called, but it is for hanging and lowering feeders and suet feeders that are up high where you cannot reach. When I was young I had a gerbil who did a similar thing. Instead of chewing the cardboard paper toilet roll, they turned around in it and got stuck! I had to pry the poor thing out after ripping it to the middle. After that, all toilet and paper towel roll got cut down the center so they could still crawl through and chew them, but never get stuck again, as any presssure would open it up. Hope this might trigger an idea to get it off of her without having to put her out, as I know how many risks that involves. Poor little girl. She must learn lettuce leafs on the head are more becoming!! I saw that around one of the bears necks…in fact I saw it floating in the water before it went on. I could not figure out what it was, but noticed she was still swimming and playing and feeling quite graceful with her new “tiara” on her. Oh, bears! There is a piece of equipment for birdfeeding that is a long stick with a little clip at the end which you can control from the bottom. Is there anyway you can use something like that to slide into the cage, clip on to the newly found tiara, and slip it off? I am not sure what it is called, but it is for hanging and lowering feeders and suet feeders that are up high where you cannot reach.

When I was young I had a gerbil who did a similar thing. Instead of chewing the cardboard paper toilet roll, they turned around in it and got stuck! I had to pry the poor thing out after ripping it to the middle. After that, all toilet and paper towel roll got cut down the center so they could still crawl through and chew them, but never get stuck again, as any presssure would open it up. Hope this might trigger an idea to get it off of her without having to put her out, as I know how many risks that involves. Poor little girl. She must learn lettuce leafs on the head are more becoming!!

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