Honey Bizzle, Beans, Chick-a-bean, BB, or simply, B. Honey B is a chimp of many names called fondly by those who care for her. Now I pose another: Honey Balboa. She’s a scrappy little thing, that’s for sure and her recent wound to the eye only serves to further solidify her likeness to the famous fictional fighter, Rocky Balboa.
A quick update on her recovery: we still have her separated from the rest of the group to ensure she can rest and heal undisturbed. Well, relatively undisturbed; she can’t help but to join in and vocalize when she hears conflict arising without her. Some of the other chimps are pretty curious about her and will peer at her from the window they share as if to check in on her progress. Since she’s on her own we’ve filled her space with enrichment items that are usually not approved for some of the other chimps such as stuffed toys and her rolling scooter. We all make sure to check on her frequently and have noticed a dramatic improvement from yesterday. While she’s still a little tired, she’s eating well, taking her medications, and moving around just fine. Her suture site also looks clean and normal. We’re optimistic that she’ll be back with her group very soon.
Cozy corner complete with typically restricted enrichment items just for Honey B
Mave peers in to check up on Honey B
Honey B, alert and eating a snack with Mave looking on from the window
Rayne sat in the window for a few minutes to check on Honey B as well
Gordo taking his turn to examine Honey B
Honey B grooming the back of her caregiver’s hand while Gordo observes
