I don't know if this is a behavior question or a feral question, because it's about the three outside feral kittens.
We're worried about Tuxedo, who we haven't seen since Sunday when the snow storm started.
Thanksgiving was in the "condo" we created for the kitties, and we dug out the opening to the area where the condos are (under the picnic table). Gary was worried because snow had blown in the little opening almost to the opening of the little condos themselves. Fortunately in a way, because it was blizzard conditions, most of the snow back there had been blown forward, so Julius and Thanskgiving, who were in there, could have gotten out even without our digging out the rest of the snow (if they'd wanted to). But after eating last night, we haven't seen Juli around again yet, today, which is a unusual. There are kitty footprints going to the trailers on either side of us. On one side the guy who sometimes is around for contractor jobs is there, and he completely enclosed the underneath of his trailer. There's one little spot the cats can go in and out, and it is protected from the wind and probably somewhat warm from the heat in his home.
The trailer on the other side is empty.
There are no kitty tracks coming down from up in the woods, where Tuxedo goes sometimes. We're worried that if he hunkered down in the old burrow that he's trapped in there. Gary's heading up there now with a long stick to locate the entrance to the burrow so he can dig it open just in case.
But we haven't seen Tuxedo since the snowstorm really started... so... since Sunday night. And we're getting really worried. Booger used to stay away for several days when it snowed - but she used to trek all the way over to the barn, and once things were plowed she'd come over for food. But these kids never enlarged their territory to that size.
Will cats dig their way out of snow if they're hungry enough? If he's in the burrow - is he going to the bathroom in there and sleeping in there?
Apart from digging out the burrow-hole opening, any other suggestions as to what we can do to find him? They don't know the sound of a can popping open. We have been putting out Eukanuba recently, which is the smelliest dry food we can find.
Gary just got back and dug open the hole. No kitty footprints around the burrow, and he can't tell if someone's in there or not. But it's open now, and he shoveled a trail down here.
What should we do? We both love Tuxedo, but Gary's got a special bond with him, and he's really in anguish over this.
If there's anything else to do, he wants to do it!
We're worried about Tuxedo, who we haven't seen since Sunday when the snow storm started.
Thanksgiving was in the "condo" we created for the kitties, and we dug out the opening to the area where the condos are (under the picnic table). Gary was worried because snow had blown in the little opening almost to the opening of the little condos themselves. Fortunately in a way, because it was blizzard conditions, most of the snow back there had been blown forward, so Julius and Thanskgiving, who were in there, could have gotten out even without our digging out the rest of the snow (if they'd wanted to). But after eating last night, we haven't seen Juli around again yet, today, which is a unusual. There are kitty footprints going to the trailers on either side of us. On one side the guy who sometimes is around for contractor jobs is there, and he completely enclosed the underneath of his trailer. There's one little spot the cats can go in and out, and it is protected from the wind and probably somewhat warm from the heat in his home.
The trailer on the other side is empty.
There are no kitty tracks coming down from up in the woods, where Tuxedo goes sometimes. We're worried that if he hunkered down in the old burrow that he's trapped in there. Gary's heading up there now with a long stick to locate the entrance to the burrow so he can dig it open just in case.
But we haven't seen Tuxedo since the snowstorm really started... so... since Sunday night. And we're getting really worried. Booger used to stay away for several days when it snowed - but she used to trek all the way over to the barn, and once things were plowed she'd come over for food. But these kids never enlarged their territory to that size.
Will cats dig their way out of snow if they're hungry enough? If he's in the burrow - is he going to the bathroom in there and sleeping in there?
Apart from digging out the burrow-hole opening, any other suggestions as to what we can do to find him? They don't know the sound of a can popping open. We have been putting out Eukanuba recently, which is the smelliest dry food we can find.
Gary just got back and dug open the hole. No kitty footprints around the burrow, and he can't tell if someone's in there or not. But it's open now, and he shoveled a trail down here.
What should we do? We both love Tuxedo, but Gary's got a special bond with him, and he's really in anguish over this.
If there's anything else to do, he wants to do it!
