It doesn't take much to spook a feral cat.
They're naturally skittish, incredibly fast, and extra wary of impeding dangers, so when a feral cat decides to be your resident porch cat, you've done something right. Our next devastatingly hopeful tale is about a cat lover with a wrap-around porch and a heart as wide open as her doors who recently underwent a bittersweet survival of Hurricane Helene.
This cat lover, u/lilian_em, was in the midst of hunkering down for a storm of cataclysmic proportions when she started to worry about the critters outside. She'd begun feeding a local feral cat who enjoyed spending time with her on the porch every now and then, and the oncoming storm was the spooky, scary beast that could scare off her favorite feline. However, as weather reports got gloomy and doomy, she noticed her porch cat, Moon, coming by even more, as if to create her own nest. With only a week to go until the hurricane hit, Moon revealed that she was actually pregnant and about to give birth during an intense storm!
What's a cat lover to do? To avoid scaring away Moon, the woman set up a birthing house for the kitty on her porch, in the hopes that her furry mama and her kittens would outlast the tempest. Keep scrolling to read about the bittersweet and inconclusive tale of a kitty, her kittens, and the love that can weather any storm.
Although Moon is still at large, we hope that she comes home to her kittens very soon. However, Nova and Astrid are being loved and cared for presently by their newly ordained mama, the purrfect addition to any kitten family. Stay tuned for an update on the kittens are they grow and get more floofy.
Once again, here's Susan–or Suzie, or Sooz, or babycat.