Daphne's owners said their "world just started to collapse" when they were hit with the news that their "beautiful" British shorthair was fighting a rare, but fatal, disease caused by feline coronavirus.
The family had already tragically lost Daphne's brother, Niles, when he died suddenly just seven months after bringing the adorable little kittens home together. And now they are faced with a desperate fight to save Daphne, after she was diagnosed with Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP).
Daphne's owner, Laura Young, from Birtley, said: "Daphne is the Queen of the house. She's super beautiful and she knows it and before she got ill it was always her way or no way.
