Tobermory, Canada - A farm owner recently endured a nightmare: in the middle of the night she was jolted awake by a fire raging on her property. The flames destroyed an entire building and killed an animal. After the blaze, the farm cat Beth vanished without a trace. When the once‑sleek feline reappeared, her owner could barely recognize her!

Laurel Ysebaert will probably never forget the night of February 28: "early this morning, our barn caught fire and burned to the ground,” she wrote at the time on Instagram.

Neither she nor her family were injured, but a newborn calf did not survive the incident.

In addition to the material damage and the severe emotional strain, Laurel initially had to worry about her beloved cat Beth, who disappeared during the fire.

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"I recall seeing her shadow running away from the blaze, so I was confident that she had gotten out and was just laying low somewhere," the Canadian said.

A few hours later her husband spotted what seemed to be a stray cat scurrying across the yard in Tobermory.

"this afternoon, andy called me over because he said there was some random cat in the backyard that looked sick, and it couldn't be beth because this cat was orange. but it was beth," she explained.

Her husband didn't recognize the animal because the flames had completely disfigured her.

"she looked like she had literally run through fire - whiskers gone, bald swollen face, crispy ears, her bright white fur singed orange, all four paws burnt," Beth's owner said. "she looked BAD."

At the vet, where Laurel rushed the feline, they feared the worst, but Beth was about to surprise everyone.

Aside from the external injuries, she was actually doing fine. The veterinarian prescribed a special bath, antibiotics and painkillers.

In addition, she wasn't allowed to leave the house until her paws had healed.

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It was expected to take three months for Beth to make a full recovery.

The transformation she underwent during that time is remarkable: a before‑and‑after video on TikTok shows the dramatic difference.

The cat's coat has recovered over the weeks and now shines again in black and white, her whiskers have regrown, and Beth seems to be back to her old self!

While the joy over Beth's healing is immense, the loss of the barn is a painful blow. According to Laurel, the building housed the water and electricity connections as well as essential supplies that were used daily on the farm.

The hardest loss, however, is the little calf: "Piper, I'm so sorry we couldn’t save you," the Canadian writes in another post.