(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) has announced that Bean, their beloved Hoffman’s two-toed sloth, passed away after a short bout with kidney and heart disease on Sept. 24. She was six years old.
According to CMZoo, Bean lost her appetite the week prior and was acting “off.” In response, she was sent to the Zoo’s veterinary hospital for supportive treatment and bloodwork, which revealed kidney disease. By Wednesday, Sept. 24, her kidney levels had improved thanks to her care team’s support, but Bean passed away later that evening.
A necropsy the following day, Sept. 25, revealed significant heart disease. CMZoo says that Bean did not present heart-specific symptoms that would lead to heart testing in a sloth her age.
Bean was born in Monkey Pavilion, now the Zoo’s playhills, on May 14, 2019. She was a guest favorite as soon as she was born, allowing people to feed her grapes in her first months…