Pawprints In The Snow

Personal Image by LadyDuck
By Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
Switzerland
February 10, 2017 8:10am CST
It has snowed during the night, not a lot of snow, but enough to cover the landscape with a candid mantle. When I have opened the door, I have noticed several fresh pawprints in the snow. Some were left by the birds, others were surely from Willy the cat. Two tiny pawprints caught my eyes. They looked like cat pawprints, but it were so small that I had a doubt. My husband suggested a ferret, but ferrets leave different tracks. While I was taking the photo, I saw two big green eyes looking at me from the hedge. A cute black kitty was looking at me and I recognized that she is the young cat of the neighbor living in the house in front of us. I took the kitty up, she is friendly, and brought her back to her house. Are you also experiencing a snow storm today?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342145)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Feb 17
Those are very clear pawprints. Aren't you lucky to be able to have a cat or kitten 'fix' occasionally? Did you realise there is a typo in your title?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
Thank you so much Judy, I was telling you yesterday that I also miss typos.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342145)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Feb 17
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Charlene Sally Collins
@OreoBrownie (3755)
• Commerce, Georgia
18 Apr 17
@LadyDuck Lil. I never noticed before. Now it's fixed.
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Miia
@GegeTheMechanic (1060)
• Finland
10 Feb 17
Cute little paws in the snow I glad here it's been clear sky about all the week and no storms
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
Your country must be pretty cold during winter, I am glad you have clear sky.
Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
@GegeTheMechanic It has been a weird year, we had a cold January, but a very warm month of December and now it's not too cold.
Miia
@GegeTheMechanic (1060)
• Finland
10 Feb 17
@LadyDuck yes but this year it's been kinda warm mostly
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Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
10 Feb 17
You are a good neighbour and you solved the mystery or did you? Right now it is sunny and very cold but it is supposed to warm up and start snowing tonight.
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Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
10 Feb 17
@LadyDuck It's nice to have neighbours that look out for one another and even keep their eyes on the pets.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
I am sure the pawprints are those of the kitten, I have looked at her little paws. I wonder if she comes out of the house when the kids open the door to go to school. I have to watch tomorrow morning, she is too young and I fear she can have an accident.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
@1hopefulman We are a small community here, we try to be nice and to help each other.
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Feb 17
Fortunately no. We have had a very cold month of January, but I have not seen a flake of snow, and it is sunny today. Nice picture of paw prints.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
They had announced snow from last week, then yesterday they said that it would have been a sunny day... well someone opened the wrong window to look outside. It's not very cold, I think it will melt without shoveling. The black kitty is lovely and I have seen how she stretches and why the paws are so close one to the other.
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louievill
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
10 Feb 17
Nice shot, we only have mud and sand foot prints here
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louievill
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
10 Feb 17
@LadyDuck you would make a good scout or tracker
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
@louievill When I see strange tracks I feel a bit scared, not knowing who left them. I fear the snakes, but snakes do not go out in the snow, I am sure.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
Mud is not funny, the garden is full of pawprints, it seems that there is a lot of circulation when we are not looking.
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
10 Feb 17
N0 snow! But sometimes I see sandy footprints. I live so close to the Gulf of Mexico that my yard is quite sandy. You have wild ferrets???
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
Yes, there are wild ferrets in the area. I have seen them running from the trees branches to the roofs of the houses. They are funny.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
@Jeanniemaries No, not close to our home, I have seen them in the woods, but never in the gardens.
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
10 Feb 17
@LadyDuck That is amazing! How fun! Do you have squirrels as well?
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Feb 17
It seems rather odd that the paw prints tend to overlap.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Feb 17
@LadyDuck Oh yes I know what you are referring to. For some reason all cats seem to do this.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
@Asylum They usually do when they come to eat and I suspect that many cats come to eat what I put outside.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
I see how they do this, because Willy left something very similar. They are funny, they put the two front paws very close together, one touching the other, and then they stretch.
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much2say
@much2say (56088)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Feb 17
Awww - those are the sweetest paw prints, aren't they? No snow here, ever . . . but apparently we can expect some more rain later. Mud prints would be more like it here, but I don't even see much of that.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
She is such a small thing, lovely kitty. I am sure that from now on she will keep coming here to eat the cat food I put outside.
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much2say
@much2say (56088)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Feb 17
@LadyDuck She must be so tiny and cute. She will be making more paw prints out your way .
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
11 Feb 17
@much2say The garden this morning was full of paw prints, I cannot imagine how many animals walk around during the night while we sleep. I want to put a video camera outside.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112983)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Feb 17
It is nice and warm here so naturally no snow is expected.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112983)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Feb 17
I read a little about that @LadyDuck what a shock for all those people.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
11 Feb 17
They got snow in the desert in Saudi Arabia this year, the first time they saw the snow. Everything is possible with the changes we have in the climate around the world.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
11 Feb 17
@rebelann They looked very happy to touch the snow for the first time in their life.
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Silvermist
@silvermist (19702)
• India
11 Feb 17
@LadyDuck I hope one of these days you will manage to take a photo of that black cat with the green eyes. Here there is no snow Only hot sun.What will be the name of the cat?
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Silvermist
@silvermist (19702)
• India
11 Feb 17
@LadyDuck I forgot that any way a photo of Elly would be enough.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
11 Feb 17
I have heard the little daughter of my neighbor calling the kitty Elly. I have told to my husband that the next time he has to help me to take a picture. Today is Saturday it is very possible that the kitty will be around.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
11 Feb 17
@silvermist He would not let post a photo of me he is very strict about privacy.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
10 Feb 17
You seem to enjoy the neighborhood cats .. I am surprised you don't have one of your own.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
My husband does not allow me to have a cat, he has a mild allergy to animal fur but mainly he does not want to see cats nosing around his stuff.
Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
@AbbyGreenhill Yes, dogs are out too, I remember he did not want to eat at her Mom house because he said there were dog hair everywhere.
AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
10 Feb 17
@LadyDuck I guess dogs are out also?
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Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
10 Feb 17
We've only had a light dusting both last night and the night before. Yesterday, by mid-day all the streets and sidewalks were bare of the snow unless there was any ice left from before. I have ice in front of my house on the sidewalks and am hoping that people walking realize that the snow is covering the ice there and don't fall. I should go out and sprinkle salt on them, but I don't want to fall myself. Maybe I'll get that done before heading off to work today, if I leave this place-mylot early enough. I may share about our dusting later.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
We are lucky, it snows but it's not very cold, if it stops before the dark we should not have ice on the roads.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
@MarshaMusselman It's the third day that the temperature stays around 30 F during all the day, it's not very cold compared to last week.
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Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
10 Feb 17
@LadyDuck Yesterday was brisk for us here with a wind chill of 6, which would equal out to -14.44444... for you Today the thermometer already has twenty/-6.666 , but I don't know yet if there is a wind chill again or not. I think tomorrow may get near forty again and on Sunday too as we're supposed to get more rain both days again.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247184)
• United States
10 Feb 17
I love tootsie prints from animals and am happy you rescued your neighbor's little kitty. She must have been cold and hungry. No snow for me at all this year, thank goodness! Actually, it's been one of the best seasons since we've been down here.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
11 Feb 17
@DianneN I am afraid that the young cat would go up to the main road. Drivers are careless in our days.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
She was warm, only the little paws were cold. I suspect that she sneaks out of the house when the kids open the door to go to school. On Monday I will keep an eye to be sure.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247184)
• United States
10 Feb 17
@LadyDuck You have a kind soul!
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
17 Sep 17
Thank heavens no snow yet. Our winter and rainy season do not start yet. It is still somewhat nice out.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
17 Sep 17
This is an old post, we have not yet snow, some years we have snow by the end of October, but most of the time the snow comes in December.
Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
17 Sep 17
@Hannihar It was a cat of our neighbor, the little kitty run away and never came back again.
Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
17 Sep 17
@LadyDuck Anna, do you still have the cat?
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changjiangzhibin89
@changjiangzhibin89 (16789)
• China
16 Feb 17
I haven't seen the snow as heavy as yours for ages.I doubt it is the cat's pawprint.As far as I know, there are five paws on cat's forelegs,and four paws on hind legs.
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changjiangzhibin89
@changjiangzhibin89 (16789)
• China
17 Feb 17
@LadyDuck Oh ,I see.What you said about the pawprints makes sense.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
17 Feb 17
@changjiangzhibin89 I have looked at the cats the day after to see how it was possible that the prints was so close and I discovered their strange habit.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
16 Feb 17
Those are the paw prints of the small cat, I have seen why they seem to have less toes, it's because they put the two legs in front of them, one overlapping the other, and then they stretch arching their back. Anyway you only see 4 paws, the fifth does not touch the ground.
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PaintsOnSlate
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
13 Feb 17
Cute story and love that you took the kitty back to the owners, We had ice yesterday and today its snow, but we are not expecting a big storm...
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
13 Feb 17
This morning it was sunny, now it seems that it's going to rain. I have finally seen from where the cats come out, they have their little door.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
14 Feb 17
@PainsOnSlate They have must installed the door a few days ago, I am sure it was not there last week.
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PaintsOnSlate
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
14 Feb 17
@LadyDuck I always wanted a door for my cats when i had them but never did,,,
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S George
@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
10 Feb 17
No chance of a snow storm but chance of a heat wave How did you get the clear image of paw when there is snowing continuously outside?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
It was not snowing a lot when I took the photo and I suppose the kitty has just left the prints, she still had cold "feet" poor thing. Anyway this area is partly covered by the porch and the snow was brought there by the wind.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
11 Feb 17
@shshiju The temperature was not very cold yesterday, cats and dogs in this area have the habit to colder days.
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S George
@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
10 Feb 17
@LadyDuck Whether the kitty have enough resisting power from cold while in outside
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317238)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Feb 17
I'm glad you were able to get the kitty back home. No snow here.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
14 Feb 17
@just4him They had announced warmer temps, but they were wrong, it's very cold this morning.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
11 Feb 17
The snow is already melting, the temperature is warm today, may be we are going to see the sun later.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317238)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Feb 17
@LadyDuck We have sun and warm temps all week with the highest this weekend when it gets into the mid to high 40's.
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L. Jenkinson
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
10 Feb 17
Maybe it's that kitty but with three toes could be a raccoon?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
11 Feb 17
@MarymargII I have seen out cat stretch putting the two paws in front of them one partially on the other, they are funny.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
11 Feb 17
She put both her front paw together to stretch, so one paw superposed the other. We do not have racoons in Switzerland.
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L. Jenkinson
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
11 Feb 17
@LadyDuck i wondered that- probably just North American but thought I'd mention it!
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Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
10 Feb 17
We had a major snow storm last night. We are digging out from it today. I hope there were no cats outside in the weather we just had. Cute little paw prints! Glad you brought her back home.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
Under the porch, I have places cardboard boxes with old pillows inside just in case some wild cat, or other animals, need a place to sleep for the night, and the cats of my neighbors seem to love the setting.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 17
@Happy2BeMe It's the only thing I can do, I love animals and I help as I can.
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Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
10 Feb 17
@LadyDuck That is such a wonderful idea and very thoughtful and kind of you.
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