A CUDDLY cat that was found greeting visitors in a veterinary surgery car park is hoping to be reunited with her owner.

The white, tortoiseshell and grey cat was discovered in the carpark of the Eastcott Vets Edison Park Hospital in Dorcan Way.

The young female, who has been christened Betty by besotted staff, is now in the safe hands of the vets as they attempt to track down her owner.

She was initially brought into the vets by a group of young boys after she was spotted following them home on January 18.

The cat was checked and scanned but did not have a microchip and despite social media appeals, her owner is yet to come forward

Veterinary nurse Nicki Wray said: “We told the boys that she was healthy and to take her back to where they found her.

“Unfortunately some hours later she was found in our carpark greeting visitors and trying to get into their cars so we took her in and have had her since.

“She is so friendly that we can see how she was picked up in the first place.”

Vets are now appealing to find the beautiful cat’s forever home, although due to the circumstances in which Betty was found, they are unable to say which part of the town she is from.

Nicki said Betty had won over the Eastcott vets team.

 “She is the most loving, affectionate and cuddly cat and that’s why I am sure she has a loving owner at home who is very worried about her,” she said.

“She is coping very well with everything that has been thrown at her. She has a lot of love to give all the staff, she will always chirp at them, she nuzzles people, so I’m positive that she is very much-missed by her owner.”

Meanwhile, Nicki said the surgery has been inundated with requests to rehome the friendly feline

“Lots of people, including some of the staff members are very keen on rehoming her but we desperately want her to get back to her owner and we need the public’s help.

 “We need to stress, we are not looking for a new home for her, we want to find her owners and we need the public to get behind us

“It would be awful if she was sent to a new home just because she is so friendly that she found herself picked up and taken away from where she lives.”

Nicki said Betty’s tale showed just how vital it is to microchip pets.

She said: “This would be a different story if Betty had been microchipped. We would have been able to track down her owners instantly. This shows how important it is to microchip pets. If they ever get lost, it will help identify them.”

Are you Betty’s owner? Do you know who she belongs to? Call Eastcott Vets on 01793 528341

Throughout February, Eastcott Vets will run a £10 microchip offer for cats, in a bid to raise awareness of the importance of microchipping.

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