'Superstar' one-eyed rescue cat finds forever home with its own office

A one-eyed rescue cat has found its forever home - and has even got its own work-from-home office. Bertie was 12 weeks old when he came into the care of the RSPA West Hatch Animal Centre in Taunton.

Sadly Bertie's previous owners had struggled with caring him and when Bertie arrived he had severe cat flu which had damaged his right eye. But Bertie was quickly adopted and became "part of the family" in the home of Hannah Lawson, also from Taunton.

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 the family say loves it. He's even got his own WFH home.

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Hannah 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.

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.”

Bertie has proven to be quite a character, from dragging stools across the kitchen floor, hiding in cupboards, to his fascination with playing with water and fishing things out of a bowl.

He also absolutely loves playing with Hannah’s two teenage sons and then curling up on her lap at the end of the day for a cuddle.

Hannah added: “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.”