Apparently the cat bleg for Orville and Wilbur was successful. Here are the details from Robin:
HUGE thanks to you and the Balloon Juice community, Adam! My daughter and I just dropped Orv and Willy off with Jenny and her daughter-in-law. We met up in St. Louis and the boys are Topeka bound!
Reid, you did it!
You guys housed my cats!!!
They’re Kansas kitties now.
Seriously, thank you so much.
I cannot thank you enough!
Robin
I’m not sure if the adopter is a commenter or a lurker, but hopefully they’ll sound of in the comments and let us know how things are going.
Here are the pictures Robin sent across.
Open thread!
cain
Yay!!! So glad they found a home and will be taken care of!
satby
Wonderful news! Hope we get kitty updates!
laura
Happiest of endings! Good luck you lucky boys, your hoomins look like loving people.
JPL
So sweet.
John Revolta
The difficult, we do immediately.
The impossible takes a little while.
Balloon Juice, yer Full Service Blog!!
Adam L Silverman
I think I’ve fixed all the fucked up formatting that WP decided to just add to the post.
Miss Bianca
Awww…! They look surprisingly mellow travelling in their crate!
Joy in FL
That is so awesome : )
Patricia Austin
Thank you everyone involved. So nice to read some good news
Raven
I just got this random message on Facebook.
Yarrow
Yay! Glad it worked out.
@Raven: That’s awesome. Always nice to know when you’ve made a difference in someone’s life.
Mary G
Just wonderful. It’s so great to know that there are still generous big hearted hoomans in the world today.
Mary G
@Raven: Nice.
Baud
@Raven:
Whoa. That’s special.
CaseyL
So glad to hear they found a new home! It would be great to get updates.
Raven
I found a picture of a kids team I coached in78 and put it on the C-U facebook page and got all kinds of replies. That was Private.
LesGS
Excellent!
In other feline-related news, I successfully shaved my cat’s behindular zone this afternoon! It was a surprisingly trauma- and blood-free event. I am even fairly confident nothing too horrible will happen to me while I’m sleeping tonight!
chris
That’s great news! I hope the boys will like Kansas.
debbie
I love that side-by-side shot of them. Inseparable!
satby
@Raven: that’s great, and has to be so satisfying to know you had such a positive impact!
@LesGS: I’m lighting a candle for you.
dr. bloor
@Miss Bianca: They’re already plotting.
Jenny Howard
The boys are home and checking things out. I’ll have to share pics when they stop moving for a minute. Thank you so much to the B-J community for this gift!
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Raven: What a nice message. We never know who remembers and appreciates our work.
SiubhanDuinne
Great news! I hope they’ll be happy and contented in their new home. They are lovely kitties.
SiubhanDuinne
@Raven:
Raven, that’s really nice! Congratulations on the differences you’ve made in people’s lives — the ones you know about and the ones you don’t.
zhena gogolia
Hurray! I was just thinking of them this morning and wondering.
Amir Khalid
@LesGS:
You absolutely MUST share your feline behindular-zone shaving secrets with John Cole.
SectionH
WaaHoo!! I’m so happy the boys have found their new home. Thanks for letting us know, Adam.
Raven
I’ve been lucky.
LesGS
@Amir Khalid: Good idea! I will send him an email written in all-caps!
mad citizen
The adopters are truly special people to take two 14 year olds. I hope they have many years together.
Yutsano
Two happy kitteh stories in a row? I dig.
Sure Lurkalot
@Jenny Howard: You are wonderful human. Cats! So lucky to have you.
Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho
@Raven: That is amazing. To hear that you’ve made a difference is so special. I’m sure you made many more that you’ll never know about.
@Jenny Howard: Thank YOU for the gift of giving them a home.
TomatoQueen
Oh so glad to see how well this has worked for everyone, especially the boys, and the pics are much appreciated.
satby
@Jenny Howard: thank you for stepping up for those sweet kitties! Hope you comment lots, not only with kitty updates. If you’ve mostly been a lurker, we’re so glad you’re here.
Ruckus
@Raven:
Some days you make your own luck. It’s called work.
You did good my friend.
Robin Mozer
@Jenny Howard: Thank you for giving my first babies a loving forever home! I woke up smiling, knowing that they are with a great person and in the perfect situation for what I am sure will be a long, happy, healthy third act. It was great to meet you yesterday and I’m thrilled to know this amazing community exists!