[SteveA]

Out of eight cats, 3 are outside, 5 inside. The outside ones would never be happy inside. One of our outsides disappears for days, even weeks. We worry when it gets to about 3 days. All 8 are spayed.

We have accepted that the outsides are certainly at risk of all sorts of "bad" endings. Thankfully, none have resulted in a "bad ending" yet. Past attempts to keep them in have ended up with some mega "cat fights" in the house.

We in an area that is not a problem with car traffic, but we have seen and heard Fisher Cats.

Chip, we also start checking all the neighbors sheds and garages after about 3 days. One time we found one that the folks across the street had accidently locked up for 2 days. He was fine, not happy, but fine.