I can quite imagine the breakdown. Our cat in England was an inside/outside cat but was always in at night.Yeah. That sounds nice and peaceful. I wouldn't hate that a bit.
I'd still keep them inside though. I'd be paranoid about birds, dogs, raccoons and nasty people doing bad things to them. We have tons of hawks and vultures (not to mention gators, snakes, poisonous toads and lizards) here in Florida. I'd imagine the birds waiting to swoop in on my 5 pound Sophie the minute she walked out the door. I would never be able to relax. i'd be out looking for them constantly.
Sophie? you're OK... Good. gotta go find Lilith. You're OK?.. good. gotta go find Henry.. You're OK. Good. Now I better go back and check on Sophie again because something could have happened while I was looking for the other 2.
Put that on a continuous loop until I had a nervous breakdown or gave up and brought them back in. :lol3: