Whatever Happened to Josie's Boys? | A Summary

As mentioned in the first blog entry, Josie had five sons. I am sure you are wondering how soon they were adopted after their mother.

(Four sons are pictured here. Left to right, Henry Thoreau, Sherlock Holmes, Teddy Roosevelt, and Rhett Butler)

This is only a short summary, more in-depth entries focusing on each cat's story will be added later.

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Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes was adopted a week after his mother, Josie, at an adoption fair hosted by FancyCats Rescue at their Fairlakes PetSmart location.

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Teddy Roosevelt & Henry Thoreau

(Henry Thoreau)

Later that same afternoon, Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Thoreau were adopted together by a young, newly married, couple residing in Arlington.

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T.S. Elliot

(T.S. Elliot)

That same week, T.S. Elliot found a home as well.  This was his second forever home and it will be his last because he is so well loved in his home.

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Rhett Butler

(Rhett Butler)

This left Rhett Butler the last of his family to find a forever home and resulted in his "adoption" of the three orphans.  A kitten himself, Rhett raised the three orphans and was adopted the week after Sophie Petrillio and Ethan Hunt went to their forever homes.

Stay tuned...

When one door closes, a window opens

I became a kitty foster mom April 10, 2008.  I had lost my own cats the year before and didn't want to have any more cats of my own, but I still wanted them in my life.  Thus a door that closed, opened a window.

 Josie and her five baby boys were the first little family to come into my home.  

Josie was a beautiful silver tuxedo with green eyes and a teeny "mew mew" of a voice.  She had been abused by her former owner, her fangs had been filed down.  The reason for this was and still is unclear however it is believed that her owners had intended to use her as bait for dog fighting.  Short fangs interfered with her ability to pick up her babies and when she failed an attempt to pick them up, she always looked at me for help.  

Josie is a very sweet cat, no matter what medicines I had to give her she never tried to bite or scratch me. Apprehensive about being held, by the time she was adopted she had grown to love attention.

Josie was eventually adopted by a little girl who had just turned 9 years old.  For her birthday, her mom took her to get a kitty.  It was Josie she fell in love with.  Incidentally, the little girl's name was also Josie.

Josie's five sons were only 10 days old when they arrived with her.  I eventually named them: Teddy Roosevelt, Sherlock Holmes, Henry Thoreau, T.S. Elliot, and Rhett Butler.

Of her family, Josie was the first to receive a lasting forever home, but not the last. Read future postings to learn their stories.