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Honey B

A Spoon Full of Sugar

February 18, 2025 by Krissy Brasfield

As many of you know, there are several chimpanzee residents at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest who need daily medication.  Some require medication related to heart disease, such as Burrito and Cy.  Some take medication for pain management, such as Foxie and Negra.

So, how in the heck do we get chimpanzees to take medications?

You know what they say, just a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down!

Most of the chimps are pretty easy, and take meds in a bit of Gatorade, such as Foxie, Terry, Lucky and Dora.   A few are a little fancy and want their meds in grape juice only, such as Cy, Burrito and Mave (I don’t know why I consider grape juice fancier than Gatorade, but I do!).  And then we have Willy B, Negra and Honey B.  We have to get creative with these chimps!  (In their defense, Willy B and Honey B are on several meds, and they change from time to time, so it’s understandable that they would require occasional changes to the meds recipe.  Oh, and Negra, well, she’s the Queen!)

We’ve been using honey pretty regularly these days with Willy B and Honey B and, knock on wood, we’re having some luck!

Check out today’s video to see Honey B enjoying her new meds concoction!

Filed Under: Chimpanzee, Honey B, Veterinary Care Tagged With: bamboo, Honey B, Medication, Tools

Valentine’s Day with Cy and Friends

February 15, 2025 by Kelsi

Ellen said it best yesterday, “We celebrated our forever valentines”. Cy loved the mail box this caregivers made for him, full of his favorite thing, but especially his paper hearts of him and Stanley Tucci. Please enjoy this video of Cy, Terry, Willy B, Gordo, Honey B, Mave, Lucky, Rayne, and Dora enjoying all their special treats yesterday!

Filed Under: Cy, Dora, Food, Forage, Gordo, Honey B, Latest Videos, Lucky, Mave, Party, Rayne, Sanctuary, Terry, Willy B Tagged With: Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cy, dora, Gordo, Honey B, Lucky, Mave, Rayne, Terry, Willy B

Making The Most Of It

February 8, 2025 by Krissy Brasfield

Honey B and Terry have been living together, just the two of them, for a few weeks now.  As you can see, they are making the most of it.  Check out those play faces!

I must admit, the quality of these videos is not great.  But, I had to share!  I mean, those faces!  Gah!

Click here to see for yourself!

 

Filed Under: Chimpanzee, Friendship, Honey B, Play, Terry Tagged With: front rooms, Honey B, Play, Play Faces, reintroduction, Terry

PRT A Day Keeps the Doctor at Bay

January 24, 2025 by Ellen Brady-McGaughey

Watch today’s blog video to see what the chimpanzees and our Positive Reinforcement Training team have been up to!

Here is a hint…

This is a EKG reading from Terry, using the KardiaMobile!

Honey B has been resting a lot today after her procedure yesterday. She spent her morning watching chimp videos from her cozy nest, and was reunited with Gordo this afternoon. Gordo seemed very glad to have his friend back!

Filed Under: Burrito, Gordo, Honey B, Terry, Training Tagged With: Burrito, ekg, Gordo, Honey B, injection training, kardiamobile, prt, Terry, training, ultrasound training

Beans, Beans the Magical Chimp

January 23, 2025 by Chad de Bree

Today, Honey B took a trip to the clinic so Dr. Erin could investigate a hand wound that wasn’t healing properly. As some of you know, chimps are notoriously good healers, which is fortunate given the frequency of wounding in this species. Most of the time, wounds heal with very little intervention- some pain meds for a few days, topical flushing or spraying with antiseptic solutions as well as laser therapy are often all that’s needed to complement their healing process.

Despite her healing and our efforts with antibiotics and laser therapy, it wasn’t enough to clear it up.  Thankfully, the inflammation remained localized at the site of the wound and didn’t spread elsewhere like it tends to in humans.

After much discussion and consideration, Dr. Erin and staff agreed Honey B should make a trip to the clinic. In superhero fashion, she assembled a team of professionals to help determine what is happening in Beanz’ hand while she was in the clinic. We are always amazed at the professionals willing and eager to assist in the chimps’ anesthetic procedures and this time was no exception: Dr. Dan Low (MD) and Leah Bezzo (CRNA) from Children’s Hospital managed anesthesia. Yousuf Jafarey (DVM) from the Woodland Park Zoo, and Jim Repsher (PA) from Kittitas Valley Healthcare, scrubbed in to help assess, culture and flush the wound and perform a regional limb perfusion to concentrate antibiotics deep into the tissues. Ian Gadbaw (LVT) from PAWS Wildlife Center, came over to get a feel for how chimp exams are done and was a great help, along with our very own caregiver Krissy, in assisting with what we needed throughout the procedure and exam.  While being treated for her hand, Honey B also got a good checkup, including a full dental exam, cleaning and polishing, abdominal ultrasound, and blood and urine samples.

We also have to give a huge thank to our positive reinforcement training team, which includes caregivers Sabrina, Jenna, and Ellen. With their tireless effort and dedication to training, Honey B was able to be anesthetized with relative ease.  This is a perfect example as to why PRT is an important part in the chimps’ care. Honey B was willing to present her hand for the anesthetic instead of the use of a dart gun, which as you can imagine, can be a traumatic experience; both for chimpanzees and caregivers.

Beezle (my nickname for Honey B) has recovered from the anesthesia and currently resting in the recovery room and is expected to be reunited with Gordo in the morning, just to make sure all the anesthesia has worn off.

Technicians take an x-ray of Honey B’s hand before entering the clinic
The amazing care team monitoring Honey B after the procedure.

All of Honey B’s friends were curious as to what was happening to their friend. Each rotating around different viewpoint to check in on Honey B.

Terry had the “best seat” in the house to check in on his friend.

Since we are on the subject of Honey B, I will share a fun little story. My watch band had recently broke. The new one I purchased has Van Gogh’s The Starry Night design on it and came with a free background of the famous painting.

As you may know, the chimps are very attune with any changes regarding the caregivers. Even the most minuscule change doesn’t go unnoticed. Honey B immediately caught site on the new watch band the other day, even though a majority of it was covered by my sleeve. When I showed her the watch, the screen lit up with the Starry Night painting on it. She stopped what she was doing, even in mid-chew, and seemed memorized by it.

What was she thinking while staring at my watch? I can’t definitively say, but I will say she has some good taste. Cy and Lucky had a similar response when I showed them. This probably won’t mean anything as the novelty of something new wears off, but I’m just going to pretend.

Here are some bonus photos from the day!

Today’s food puzzle for the rest of the chimps was boomer balls! And Rayne seemed to win this race of collecting as many as she could.

Tough decision of which boomer ball to begin with
Obvious choice for someone like Rayne is to tackle the most challenging kind first

Filed Under: Honey B Tagged With: beezle, clinic, Honey B, medical, procedure

Catching Up

December 28, 2024 by Sabrina

          The tinsel and lights are slowly coming down, and as the holiday magic fades into January’s quiet, life settles back into its familiar rhythm. In our little corner of the world, everyone’s finding their way back to their favorite routines – each in their own way.

          Cy, our resident bookworm, has already disappeared behind a stack of magazines. You can almost see the contentment radiating from him as he catches up on the reading he was distracted from during the holiday hustle.
          Meanwhile Honey B is doing what she does best – turning her favorite cubby into the coziest spot in town. She moves blankets and other crucial items around until it’s just right, she is an interior decorator with very specific ideas about comfort.
          And then there’s Jamie, who hasn’t given up on her ongoing mission of collecting all the boots. Her dedication to claiming these prized possessions from their two-legged owner would make any master strategist proud.

Filed Under: Cy, Honey B, Lucky Tagged With: Cy, Honey B, Lucky

Christmas Eve in the Chimp House

December 24, 2024 by Sabrina

We are one night away from Christmas here at the Chimp House and while caregivers are hard at work procuring the food for the festivities and wrapping all the presents for the chimps to receive tomorrow Honey B and Gordo are taking it easy and enjoying a long play session in their giant box.

Caregivers Krissy and Dusty hard at work wrapping presents for the chimps:

 

Krissy constructing a gingerbread house for tomorrow’s festivities:

Filed Under: Gordo Tagged With: christmas, Gordo, Honey B

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