I let her out with the other cats yesterday around 10 am, and that is the last I saw her. I was taking my dogs for a walk around 1:30pm and noticed blood on the dirt driveway (long driveway so about 150 ft away from the house and about 10 ft from the gravel road). That seems to be causing me to jump to conclusions I don't want to accept. I don't know how long the blood was there, I don't know if it's her blood or not, it could have been from another animal from the previous night or earlier in the morning. It rained pretty hard late yesterday afternoon so the blood is all washed away. I never heard anything though, my dogs didn't bark (one is a primarily outside dog too, but getting old), no cat screams, nothing. The other cats are all acting completely normal like nothing happened either. One of them even wants back outside today, but I'm not letting her.
I guess I just want some reassurance that there is still hope. I keep running through my head that I've failed her and I should never be allowing the cats outside even though I try to minimize the risks as much as I can. She is 13 years old, and has been and indoor outdoor cat for about 10 years, and was originally found as a stray as a kitten. I do live out in the country, neighbors are half a mile away, very few cars come down this way, but there are plenty of predators. She normally comes in and out throughout the day though, inside almost every night if not right at the door in the morning, and is normally right at the door if the weather turns (too hot out, too cold, snowy or rainy), it's been cloudy and raining off and on since yesterday afternoon.
I guess I just want some reassurance that there is still hope. I keep running through my head that I've failed her and I should never be allowing the cats outside even though I try to minimize the risks as much as I can. She is 13 years old, and has been and indoor outdoor cat for about 10 years, and was originally found as a stray as a kitten. I do live out in the country, neighbors are half a mile away, very few cars come down this way, but there are plenty of predators. She normally comes in and out throughout the day though, inside almost every night if not right at the door in the morning, and is normally right at the door if the weather turns (too hot out, too cold, snowy or rainy), it's been cloudy and raining off and on since yesterday afternoon.
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