Kitten with one eye and cleft lip rescued by RSPCA

A kitten with one eye with a cleft lip who is four times smaller than his litter-mate brother has found his "forever home", according to the RSPCA.

In September, the animal charity's Bedfordshire South Branch was contacted about the 12-week old kitten, named Benny, and his sibling, who were handed into the local council in Slough, Berkshire.

Benny was found alongside his brother Teddy at an unspecified location, but they were both otherwise perfectly healthy.

Sam Dye and Hannah Grimwood, from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, have taken them both in and said they were "spectacular".

"We were sitting on the sofa and Hannah saw a Facebook post about them," Mr Dye explained.

"We knew we had to have them. They looked lovely and like they would fit in well with our other cats and nice for Tony to have another partially sighted cat as Benny has one eye.

"I was working in Hertfordshire at the time and not too far from the branch so I was able to visit and collect them.

"We live on a farm so there is plenty of room - if I could have more I would but there's not enough room in the bed.

"They all sleep on the bed with us, in between me and my partner."

When the kittens were first rescued by the RSPCA, a vet check revealed Benny was extremely small compared to his brother.

They also believed he was born with just one eye, however Mr Dye said it did not affect him other than with his depth perception when jumping.

He added Benny was "a very loud sleeper" due to his cleft lip affecting his nostril, but he was a bundle of energy and loved to play.

"He has grown loads but still looks like a young kitten - he now looks like the age he should have looked when we first adopted him, and his brother Teddy is easily now four times the size of him. He towers over him," Mr Dye added.

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