It was finally warm enough the other day to open the cat house window to let the adventuresome ones wander out into their enclosure. It was the first time in months they'd had a chance to go outside. Blind Herbie, as usual, heard the window open and zoomed right out.
But then, almost immediately, he realized the enclosure was still packed with snow. Lots of it. So he sat on the outdoor cat trees and pondered the situation. And pondered some more. He went from one cat tree to the other, sitting on each in turn, trying to decide whether he really wanted to wade out into all that mushy white stuff.
You can see in the photo how the weight of the snow sliding off the roof has pushed the fencing down that seals off the top of the enclosure. Fortunately that back section of fencing overlaps with the front section by a few feet — it's hard to tell from this angle — so Herbie the climber can't take advantage of the gap to get through it, but it's one of those maintenance jobs we'll have to do once it stops snowing.
After taking this photo, Herbie realized I wasn't going to dig my way into the enclosure and then shovel out all the snow for him, so he zipped back through the open window and called it quits for the day.
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