So. I have let them out. Not really happy about it, but it really can’t wait any longer, afte what poor Bessie has been through. One of the cats must have caught her right eye 2 or 3 weeks ago, which has resulted in her having to have it removed a couple of days ago. She has been treated for dry eye initially, then the infection set in, which caused her inner eye to poke through her outer eye – really painful for her, then while this was being treated, which involved a very delicate (and expensive – thank goodness she’s insured) operation, one of the cats caught the eye again, and made it bleed and undid all the work that had been done. Having her eye out was the only option, and she has been on the up since! Obviously not in any pain now, thank goodness. Then there is the problem of keeping the 2 very bored cats away from her eyes, so letting them out seemed the only answer. And they have been having a ball! I, on the other hand have been like a cat on a hot tinned roof! Tonto, the wussa cat out of the two, has turned into an adventurer and wanderer, and Yoyo seems more timid and running back to the house periodically. I shall keep a close eye on them!