Yes, I'm such a sucker.

She's a small gray and white DLH, and she's been hanging around the
apartment building, mainly in the garage.  My roomie and I have seen
her but she always ran away whenever I got closer to get a better look.

Well...........

She was on the wall outside my apartment building tonight crying, and
Mischief was going nuts.  she was all poofy and her tail was all puffed
out I finally took pity on her and went out and laid out a little bit
of food.  When I came back inside and looked out the window, she was
still crying and the food was gone.  Okaaaaaayy

So I head out again, and my roomie says, "You're caught, aren't you?"
I sit there and I'm meowing back at the cat and laying out more food.
She was quite hungry and was scarfing it down.  She managed to get
close enough and I suddenly scruffed her and quickly ran back inside.
I ran past my roomie, not stopping to comment on her open-mouthed look

I took the cat into the bathroom and set her down.  She started crying
a lot but eventually quieted down.  My roomie got me my stethescope and
vet tech bag and I gave her a physical exam.  From my POV she seems
pretty healthy.  Her eyes, nose and mouth look fine.  She has all her
teeth and could probably use a dental.  Her ears a little dirty, but no
obvious signs of mites.  Her coat is a little on the thin side on her
back, but no sides of dermititis or flea dirt.  She could use a bath,
though.  She's a little on the thin side, maybe about 8 pounds, and I
can feel her ribs and hips, but she's not completely skin and bones.

She's now in my bathtub with the shower doors shut.  She lying on a
towel and I set out a bowl of water, bowl of food and even a small lid
with Catsip milk in it.  She's is quite scared but at least she stopped
howling.  But everytime I peek in to check on her, she starts meowing
pitifully.  I know she wants to go back outside. "Please let me out!!
I don't wanna be here, I'm scared!!"

I surmise that she's been outside for a long time guessing her from
voracious appetite.  She has all her claws, and is skittish.  But not
so skittish in that I think she's feral.  If she was feral, I wouldn't
have been able to get a hand on her.  I can scritch her head and chin
and she doesn't try to get away.

*SIGH*  Yes, I'm a sucker.  I'm avoiding naming this cat.  My roomie
was laughing and giving my dirty looks at the same time.

"I can't believe you caught her.  Are we going to go through this
again?"

"Alright," I said, "Answer me this then.  Isn't she cute?"

Oooooo if looks could kills, I would have died on the spot.

I'm going to call work tomorrow and see if I can bring her in to get a
checkup and to see if she's microchipped. Maybe someone will want to
adopt her.  I know Tosha and Justin work with an animal rescue.  And
since Pete our hospital cat recently went home with my supervisor's
boyfriend, we are currently without a hospital cat.

here's the strange thing though....

Mischief has been unexpectantly quiet throughout this whole thing.  I
don't think she got a good look, but I bet she can smell this intruder.
But she's not hissing, yowling or anything.  How odd.....

I've posted a pic of her here

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/krysfamulan/detail?.dir=/4f8f&.dnm=1037.jpg&.src=ph

She seems to be such a sweetheart.  I know she's scared, and I wish I
could explain to her that I"m trying to help.

My first instinct is to keep her, but she is kinda talkative and it
probably would be a good idea to try to find another place that allows
cats.  Technically, I've been given special permission by the owner to
have ONE cat, namely Mischief.  He doesn't know about Imp, and if I
brought a third cat I definitely would be taking a risk.

Well, enough for now, first lets see how she does during the night.

Wish me luck and send purrs for this little one.

Kristi