Okay, I have accepted the fact that I am going to lose barn cats. Owls, hawks, eagles, coyotes, bobcats, feral tomcats, cars,....we have lost quite a few, including some that just disappear without ever knowing what happened. We just lost another a couple weeks ago. She just disappeared. She was a gray and white cat adopted from the shelter, I told the wife that she was rabbit colored and would be eaten by something. Well, she showed up again a week later, dehydrated, torn to pieces, barely alive, but alive and breathing, but not moving. Smart guy would end it with a .22 bullet. But, NOOOO,....not me! Our "free" barn cat is now worth $350.00 due to vet bills. Now watch, I will turn her out once she is healed up and she will get eaten, runover, or something else the first day. Darn near worth as much as a calf now......