--- description: Cat attempts to dig out home buried in snow but ends up making more of a mess title: Cat Tries to Dig Out Home Buried in Snow: Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Helpful Cat Helps Dig Out Home Buried in Snow by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2015 4:48 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2015 4:48 PM CUT Rudiger the cat is ready for battle. Its enemy? The four-foot snow drift blocking its front door. It’s hard to tell whether Rudiger really likes the snow, or really, really hates its house. Either way the cat seems resolved to make a break for it before cabin fever sets in, and the lil kitty is forced to recreate _The Shining_ (or maybe _Alive_) just to quash the monotony. With that specter hanging over its little head and no useful human help in sight, the cat is left alone to dig its way to freedom. No amount of icy paws or snow poised to avalanche into the foyer at any moment will stop its escape. Despite the fact that Rudiger can’t use a snow shovel or even put mittens on its little paws, the intrepid feline spends the morning squaring off against the drift, patiently scratching away at the pile that towers over its head until sweet freedom is only a high jump away. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3697062/snow-cat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3697062/snow-cat/"},"headline":"Helpful Cat Helps Dig Out Home Buried in Snow","datePublished":"2015-02-05T16:48:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:33.394Z","description":"Kind of ends up making more of a mess","url":"https://time.com/3697062/snow-cat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","cats","snow"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3697062/snow-cat/","name":"Helpful Cat Helps Dig Out Home Buried in Snow"}}]}] ```