In Memory of Rose 2/5/2010 – 4/6/2024
Our sweet Rose joined Shadow Cats in January of 2022 in critical condition. Her fur was matted, she was mostly deaf and blind, and had terrible wounds on her legs. She was also feline leukemia positive, which made her prognosis guarded. But Shadow Cats and all of our incredible supporters rallied around Rose. With time, patience, and lots of love, Rose was slowly nursed back to health.
She really lived up to her name! She was so, so soft, soft as a petal, and she often smelled as sweet as a flower. A timeless beauty, our senior girl grew to absolutely adore a good lap to sit on and nothing beat it. If she couldn’t nab your lap and you found yourself on your knees scooping in Annex, she’d lay across your calves! All in all, Rose knew what she wanted: a good snuggle and someone warm beside her.
Sometimes the snuggler would be a person, and other times, it was another kitty! Scotty would notoriously snuggle up to Rose, and who could resist her, as soft and sweet as she was? She’d look up you with those big sunspot eyes and melt your heart—there really wasn’t another pair of eyes like hers. Her way was so gentle that even her meow, normally a tool for insistence with other cats, seemed more a sweet suggestion with her. And we were always so happy to oblige any and all requests Rose had.
Sadly, Rose had a request we hoped to never hear: to peacefully help her pass on. We know our time with them can be limited by feline leukemia, and though Rose only spent a short two years with us, we knew that it was likely more comfort and warmth that she’d known in the whole of her life. She had rapidly declined, her age growing more apparent by the day, and we knew exactly what she was asking us.
In a warm lap, her favorite place to be, Rose drifted peacefully across the rainbow bridge, as soft in her passing as she was in life. Her friend, Scotty, dutifully stayed nearby until the end. Though we’re heartbroken to lose our beautiful, timeless Rose, a real knockout, we are comforted knowing that we could provide her with warmth, happiness, tender love and care in the last years of her long life. There will never be another like our beloved Rose.
Thank you to Vista Vet, to the staff that lovingly managed her medical conditions with a gentle touch, to the volunteers that always had a warm lap to spare, and to all who were warmed by our Rose’s beautiful eyes. Thank you to her sponsors, Jason R and Rebecca R, for loving her so, so much. We’ll miss you, Rose, but we know there are plenty of amazing Shadow Cats across the rainbow bridge who would love to be your snuggling partner.
Rose had 2 Sponsors
Jason Rubero
Rebecca Raphael