Rosie was born into the Mistymaine family on 30 January 2006 and left us after much too short a life on 12 January 2007.

Her name came from Testa Rossa - Italian for redhead, a Ferrari (a Russ thing) and close to her Mum's name Tessa Rose.

Rosie was a gorgeous little tortie tabby who came out feisty and was a fighter for all of her short life. Although she was one of the smallest in her litter, it didn't stop her being first one to Mum for feeding time. 

Rosie was born with a serious heart defect which didn't become apparent until it was discovered at her 12 week visit to the vets. We decided then that she would stay with us. In July 2006 she went down hill rapidly and we had to take her to see a cat cardiologist. His diagnosis was more serious than we had thought and she was only given days or at most weeks to live.

However with constant monitoring and medication she pulled through this low and went on to have a further 6 months of quality time with us. This was all due to the care and support of our vet Nick Park at Oundle Veterinary Surgery.