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Have you ever eaten something so delicious that you had to lick any remnants from your fingers? Well, giant pandas do that too! Anytime the pandas eat one of their favorite treats like sugarcane or a very juicy piece of fruit, they spend a few minutes licking their paws, arms, chest, and any other places … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, July 13"

With the summer in full swing, the giant pandas’ behaviors are starting to change. Generally during the summer they tend to eat less and sleep a bit more, and that is exactly what they are starting to do. Their hour-long naps begin to turn into hour and a half or even two-hour-long naps. We are … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, July 11"

We really aren’t joking when we say Ya Lun and Xi Lun are becoming quite the bamboo-eating machines! Much like their parents do, they spend the majority of their time these days munching away, taking breaks to nap, play, or interact with their care team for training sessions. One day last week before lunch, we … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, July 9"

Friday, July 6 Where’s Idgie? If you’ve visited the Zoo in the last week or so, you’ve probably noticed that the red panda, Idgie, is not in her habitat. We know that Idgie has many fans, so I wanted to update everyone about her. Idgie is fine and is currently at our vet clinic. We’re … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, July 6"

Ya Lun and Xi Lun recently had a new food item added to their daily diets. In addition to the bananas, sweet potatoes and leafeater biscuits, they now receive apples. Lun Lun gets apples in her diet, so they have seen apples before and I’m sure they have stolen some of Lun Lun’s. However, in … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, July 2"

Hello from PandaLand! It’s been awhile since I have worked more than a day here and there on giant panda routine, and this week I have the honor of spending my entire week with our black, white, and red bamboo-eaters! All of the pandas have been a bit finicky about eating the bamboo we have … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, June 27"

The other day for enrichment we decided to give the giant pandas cinnamon. When the pandas receive sensory enrichment such as scents, they generally self-anoint with it. Self-anointing just means they rub the scent all over themselves. Yang Yang and Xi Lun were more interested in food so they mostly ignored the scent. Ya Lun … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, June 25"

We celebrated all of the Zoo’s animal fathers here on Father’s Day this past Sunday. Yang Yang received all sorts of special enrichment, including themed boxes and “scent-cicles.” He, of course, went straight for the boxes, as he knew there were likely leafeater biscuits inside. After taking a quick bamboo break, he moved on to … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, June 20"

As expected, the giant pandas accepted that bamboo shoot season was over and settled down and became satisfied with “regular bamboo.” The twins took the longest to start liking regular bamboo, but now everyone is finally content. Whew! We knew bamboo shoot season would end, of course, because it’s only one short season a year. … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, June 18"

Giant pandas and red pandas are both classified as carnivores; however, most people do not think of them as such since they primarily eat bamboo. In the wild, giant pandas will eat carrion and occasionally catch small animals and consume them. Wild red pandas, especially pregnant females, also supplement their diet with small reptiles, insects, … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, June 15"