God Guided Feral Cat to Shelter

When the sky turned dark and the air felt heavy we knew that this was a sign for a thunderstorm. Sure enough, the weather forecast called for high winds, hail and a warning of a possible tornado.  We hoped that the feral cat that escaped our shelter three days ago would come back and enter through the kitty door on our cat shelter.  My husband and I prayed that God would guide her to safety.

The rain came down hard, the wind so strong that mature oak trees swayed and hail was large.  My husband and I stayed at the back window even though we were told to seek shelter underground.   Then I saw the feral cat I call Lucy she was soaked to the bone but in spite of this horrific storm, she was able to go into our shed through the open cat door.


I believe this to be the grace of God that he has guided Lucy to safety once again. Lucy had escaped the shelter several days ago with a wound that was not healing, so I ran out to shut the cat door because we must take her back to the veterinarian for evaluation of her wound.

Photographs of the injured feral cat in our care.

My Veterinarian is aware that her wound is not healing and he advised me to bring her in for medical care. However when I tried to trap Lucy she ran away and I did not see her for several days.

The veterinarian did a culture on Lucy's kitten Natasha and found that the bacterial infection was not responding to the antibiotics was due to L-Form Bacteria. The kitten’s immune system cannot fight this bacteria and my veterinarian suspects that Lucy has the same condition and this is why she has not healed in three weeks.

My veterinarian prescribed the medication that is needed for Lucy to heal. Doxycycline an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections, and liquid vitamins to help Lucy with the infection and to boost her immune system. 

I am to give her one dose per day mixed in her chicken and liver canned food. I should feed her the medicated food when she is very hungry that way she will eat it. Otherwise she may shy away from it. Lucy must take the medication for 14 days. I have this one chance at healing her. I feel God brought her to me and that he is watching over her, he wants her to live and to return to her colony.