Category: Cats

Snow cats, take 2

Last year I tried to take the cats out in the snow, but they were less than pleased to be removed from the warmth of the house. Now that they’re actually used to going outside on occasion (under supervision) they both actually went outside despite the snow.

I suspect part of the inspiration for wanting to go out was because birds have been coming to the birdfeeder:
Birds in the snow

At any rate, Talore somewhat carefuly avoided the deep spots on her trip out to the grass she likes to nibble on:
Talore nibbling on grass

Dash was decidedly not that careful – he just walked right out into the snow. Then he suddenly stopped, looked at his feet, and fled back inside before I got a picture. I took a few pictures of cat track in the snow but they didn’t come out particularly well, so here’s a bonus picture of Talore:
Talore with snow

Birdfeeder

I put up a birdfeeder a couple weeks ago:
New Birdfeeder

Since that was right before daylight savings ended I didn’t get to watch it during the day until this weekend, but I had noticed that there were sunflower seed husks on the ground along with a scattering of other seeds. This weekend I noticed the cats sitting at the back door so I thought I was finally going to see a bird or two.
Observing Cats

Unfortunately that was not the case.
Squirrel

That’s a pretty bad picture, but he seemed somewhat nervous with both cats and me watching through the window and he just wouldn’t stay still. Apparently that squirrel can climb right up the metal post to get to the feeder. I’m kind of divided: on one hand the cats were quite happy to watch the squirrel, but I intended to lure birds into my yard for the cats to watch.

Cold Weather

We had a cold front come through this weekend. Not only did I see snow flurries Friday morning (wasn’t sticking, might not even have been reaching the ground) but I saw some cars that were covered in snow on my way to work. To honor the first signs of winter I plugged in the heated cat beds and turned on the heater (admittedly I forgot about the heater until I got up Saturday morning to the indoor temperature being in the 50s).

This is where Talore spent the majority of the weekend:
Warm Talore
This year I even got a picture where she doesn’t appear to be glaring at me. Big improvement over the one last year where she looked angry at me for disturbing her with a flash picture.

Dash’s fur still isn’t fully grown back from his summer haircut, but it’s long enough he didn’t seem particularly bothered by the cold. He’s been cycling between the bed on my desk and the part of the desk in front of it – I’m guessing the bed is a bit too warm but the desk is a bit chilly.
Warm Dash
Actually, as I’m writing this Dash has displaced Talore in the small heated bed, but he’s not really curled up for warmth. At least he’s not sprawled out on his back due to being overheated like he kept doing when I first got it…