It's been a chaotic few hours of obtaining two cats from a jerks apartment while he was in court for the 3rd case of violent assault and battery on a human, and it was do or die for two cats he somehow got 2 days ago. One tomcat, and one very pregnant, but at least they won't endure his wrath tonight, or ever. They sat in carriers in the tub while I was off feeding in two spots before the blizzard hits. I headed off (oh yeah...one car now between hubby and I, as his van broke down to top it off). I'm heading down the hill to the six lane highway enroute to my feeding stations, and did a double take. It was dark, but I was also nosy, and good thing. Long haired tortie all hunkered up against the wall next to the road. :eek: I backed up, and put emergency flashers on, and waited till no traffic was approaching and went out with catnip, and the cat bolted flipping back and forth like a fish out of water! :eek: She dashed into a driveway, and hunkered under a low slung corvette. I knew I needed help, so drove back home (2 blocks) and called hubby from the cell, telling him to get out to the car! I was down in the cellar at that point grabbing my net, and was back on location a few minutes later. Of course the home owner was worried about her vette, and HAD to come out to see what was doing. I had her stand on one side near the road, and hubs on the other, and went to net the cat and she took off INTO the road!!! I had been watching traffic, but with a rotary not far up, traffic is there one moment, and not the next. I hightailed it after the cat through three lanes of thankfully cooperative traffic, flashlight in one hand, net in other. The cat moved fast for an injured cat, and then she turned and started going in the direction of the traffic. Finally she got winded, and crouched in a doorway, and I netted her. Got the trusty laundry bag out, and bagged her net and all (THANKS HUBBY). I took her home and settled her into a cage, and she's got blood all around her neck, but her pupils react to light (a good sign). I have no idea if she got hit by a car, or attacked by a dog, but there's no way I'll be getting out of here for a few days if we get the snow they're talking about. I gave her a cortizone shot to reduce spinal inflammation, and just have to hope that it helps her. It's the first thing vets do for spinal injuries FYI, along with fluids I'm unsure if she's hissing because she's in pain, or if she's feral. There are idiots who let cats out 3 doors up from this road, and needless to say, I wouldn't doubt she's one of theirs. :( Say some prayers that she'll pull through the trauma endured, and that the expected blizzard won't snow me in for days. If she's feral, I'll have to send her to the Bridge....no option, and no $$$, but I'm hoping for a happy ending as she looks so much like my R.B girl Bonnie, but without the leg deformity. :( Sorry for the entire novel of the night..but welcome to my life. :rolleyes:
