Here Kitty Kitty

So the latest dilemma involves Emme, the cat that lives under our porch. She basically "conveyed" with our house, and according to the neighbors, has lived under the porch for several years across a few families. When we closed on our house, the realtor told us about her and we agreed to feed her. We think she is feral, but she is DEFINITELY an outside cat. Regardless a few days ago her food did not seem like it was eaten as quickly and she wasn't waiting on our front porch in the morning. I got a little worried about her and saw her limping a bit. Yesterday morning she did not touch her food or water. So I went on a hunt and found her curled up in a little ball on the side of our house. She had a dime-sized open wound on her paw and seemed to not be feeling well. The thing that worried me most was that there were flies (yuck) all over her. So after much consultation (Meghan- thank you, SPCA, etc) I called Animal Control to come get her. Hoping that they would try to treat her with antibiotics and maybe put her up for adoption. Well I took the boys to church last night, and Animal Control must have come while we were gone. We had a notice on our door saying that they could not catch this cat. I was kind of surprised by this info, but figured that they must not have tried very hard. Last night at 9, our neighbor came over asking about the cat and the AC visit. The guy said that he watched the AC person chase the cat for about 45 minutes before giving up. He gave us the name and number of an agency called CARE that helps rescue cats. So I called them this morning and they have agreed to get her checked out, vaccinated, and give her antibiotics for her paw. Then I guess we can see if she is truly feral or may be adoptable. If she is feral then I guess she comes back to living under our porch. If she is adoptable, then she may have a nice home coming her way. Great resolution, huh? The ONLY CATCH is that I have to catch her and get her to their vet by 9:30 AM on Monday. So this should be interesting. I do have an old crate that we had used with Elvis so I guess I will put some blankets in it and some tuna and see what happens. It should be entertaining. Picture it...Monday morning with me, a 3 year old, and a 1 year old trying to capture a feral cat in a crate and drive it to the vet. Not sure it is going to happen but I will try. Who says the life of a stay-at-home Mom is boring?