A YOUNG cat who came into the Taunton RSPCA’s is now in a dream home complete with his very own work from home office and a bespoke ‘mouse hole’ constructed by builders.
Bertie, known previously as Beetle, was just 12-weeks-old when he came into the care of the RSPCA West Hatch Animal Centre in Taunton along with other cats from the same home.
Unfortunately, the owners were struggling with the numbers of cats at the property.
Once in the charity’s care, it soon became clear that Bertie had severe cat flu which had damaged his right eye and had to be removed.
With lots of TLC, he recovered from his surgery extremely well and the young kitten was soon rehomed Hannah Lawson, from Taunton, adopted Bertie in August and he is now “part of the family.”
She said: “Bertie is a superstar. He ticks all the boxes as a family cat.
“He has a great personality, is very playful and loving and will jump up almost charging at me for cuddles.
"In the evening, he will slump across me on the sofa which is lovely.
“Being a one-eyed cat doesn't affect him too much. He won’t spot us until we’re on his correct side! But otherwise you wouldn’t know.
“He tracks and chases things very well, from his toys to spiders around the house, and I don’t think it will impact him going outside in future either.”
Hannah, who lives with her husband Andy and their two children, Ollie, 16, and James, 15, had other rescue cats before Bertie - their previous feline friend was an elderly cat who was also adopted from RSPCA West Hatch.
It was for this cat that during a renovation of their home, they asked builders to construct a special cat-sized mouse-style hole which would lead to the cat flap so their moggy would still have access to the garden.
This bespoke tunnel has now been handed down to Bertie who loves it.
Hannah added: “As well as the mouse hole, we also created an office for Bertie.
“My husband Andy works from home so we wanted to give Bertie an office too so they could both work from home together - except all Bertie does is sleep in it.
“He also carries his toys and belongings into his office too which is very sweet.
“We had a delivery of a box of wine and my husband converted it into a cosy space for Bertie’s ‘office’ even adding accurate office hours on the front which the kids found very funny.
“Bertie is well and truly spoiled, he looks very needy with his one-eye but in reality he’s happy as Larry now.
“I’m very impressed with West Hatch and their adoption process. They do really good follow-ups and offer their support throughout.
“We’ve had two cats from there now and I can’t fault them at all.”
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