January 31, 2021 Sunday at Rikki’s Refuge

all in a day’s work …. photos by those caring for the animals
(you can help support those animals at www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate )

Everyone went home to check things, get changes of clothing, and supplies to bunk in till the weather clears up, and returned for the night

Hi !!! Did ya come to play wif me?

At 2:19 am the snow starts

All night long, rounds will be made checking on every body

See all the tracks somebody is out and making?

Snow doesn’t stop nature!
Or this silly rooster who wants to sleep on the porch railing and will now be caught and put back in the house.

Every time the patrol comes thru, Beauty gets up to see that all is safe

After a light coating of snow, Lucky decides to take shelter

Back at the life center, one round done, and someone else headed out on the next

Tigger is awed by his first snow !

All night and all day, snow and ice will have to be removed from water bowls and troughs

and they’ll be filled with fresh buckets of water carried from the 7 outdoor spigots across the 100 acres the animals inhabit

Every is happy when dawn finally comes.

Moukey is one of the first cats to venture out in to the snow. He came to us from Egypt several years ago. Poor guy was freezing in our summers after being in a warmer climate. He loves being outside but most of his first winter he’d run out and then right back in. The first time he saw snow he couldn’t figure out what it was !!! But then he decided he liked it. Now he always wants to play in the snow.

We love it !!! It’s just frozen WATER !!!

So quiet, so few critters stirring

Some will come out in the snow, others won’t



Everybody likes to catch snowflakes on their nose !

Opting for a VERY late start to their day !

I came … I saw … and I’m headed right back inside !

Num Nums

I came out …. stepped in this stuff …. and run for cover … How long do I have to stay here till it goes away?

Some like it in, some like it out !

Buzz and Wanda on alert

Clinton is out and about and enjoying it

Do I have to run thru THAT to get back IN the kitty door ?

Some of us LOVE the snow !!!

Some like to be in, looking out … and some

Once upon a time we had no partially white peacocks at Rikki’s Refuge. Then one morning a partially white peacock and peahen showed up for breakfast. This was nearly 20 years ago. Seemed odd. But if you’re hungry, you’re welcome to join our breakfast buffet. Many wild birds do every day. The next day they were gone. But soon they were back, and stayed a few days. Then gone, again. When they next returned, they decided to make Rikki’s Refuge their forever home and are still here today.

See the blanket covering of snow on the roof?

Very pretty. But very dangerous. EWH (evil weather hooman) says sleet and freezing rain is to come. It will pile up on the snow, creating a very heavy covering. And the roof could collapse. So one job we have, all day and all night, is to check all roofs, and sweep clean if necessary.

Is it worth coming out?

Only if you can find a dry spot to hang out …


Oh come on you chickens !!!!


Over here ! I found cover !

Nawww, why did I listen to any of you, not worth being out ….

Peacocks on the roof is a common sight

it gets very comical when the snow starts to melt and slide off the roof and often the peacocks come sliding right off too. They take flight once off the roof. Nobody has ever been hurt playing ride the snow off the roof. They get up and ride the next chunk down!

NOT coming out, YOU can bring me dinner right here !

Do I get a bonus treat today ?

As the sun start to set …. do I see horns on that haystack ?

And everyone went to bed, warm and happy at Rikki’s Refuge
with YOUR help we provide life long homes to well over 1,000 animals each and every day – animals who had nowhere else on earth to go

Thank YOU for making it all possible.
www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate