Searching For Feral Cats After Snow Storm

 The weather was bitter cold with snow and temperatures dipping to 22 below zero. Two feral cats were in my heated shed but four feral cats could not be accounted for. We have been searching for the cats for the last week but at this point, we fear that they have been frozen or hunted by the coyote predators in the woods.

I checked under neighbors' houses, in the woods at thicket and groundhog dens.  My husband removed the snow from all the sewer openings.  Another neighbor went door to door to ask everyone to check their garages as the feral cats could have gone inside when the doors were open.

Cleared the snow from the sewer opening

Today was the first day that the temperature went about 20 degrees and the snow has started to melt.  Two of our neighbor's cats came to visit, but the feral cats that live in the woods are take shelter in the sewer were not seen anywhere in our neighborhood.

My one neighbor was very upset at the thought of losing the cats. We have cared for them since 2008 and they are animals that we all love.   

For now, I am still searching for feral cats.  I haven't given up hope.  These are the cats that we are searching for after the snow.  There is a coyote in the area and I think the cat may be hiding and not willing to venture out. So tomorrow we are going to search every cave, thicket den, and groundhog den that we can find on the south side of the home.