Skye the Sink Cat

16/08/2024

Heading into the weekend getting some fresh air and keeping an eye on the backyard. 🕵️‍♀️ ♥️

11/08/2024

Tunnel of love ♥️♥️

31/07/2024

Skye still loves to play with her ribbon kicker that she got when she was at Tinykittens! ♥️😍

15/07/2024

Deep napping with snores 💤♥️

09/07/2024

Greetings from Pillow Mountain!

This calico cutie has been such a snuggler the last couple of nights. She's actually chosen to sleep next to me instead of her beloved heated cat bed. What an honor. ♥️ The only downside is that she likes to sleep right next to my head/face, so I have to make some accommodations. I also don't sleep as well, but those are the sacrifices we make as cat parents. 🤣

06/07/2024

Skyeball check!
On Friday we made our way over the bridge and into Portland to see Skye's ophthalmologist. She goes in every year to have her glaucoma checked. I'm happy to report that her glaucoma is still holding steady, so we'll just keep doing what we have been with her eye drops.

Unlike our first car ride when I adopted her, with the stressful fast breathing, Skye is a champ in the carrier. We've done it countless times, so she's a pro now. She definitely doesn't love getting into the carrier and going to the vet, but once in the car she's very chill.

Here's some pics I took of her in kitty jail/carrier 🤣

30/06/2024

8 YEARS! Happy Adoptiversary Skye!!

Time has gone by so fast. I can't believe it's been 8 years since I brought her home.

As many of you know, when I adopted her she was given only a few weeks to a few months to live. I remember Shelly giving me all the paperwork for her different meds and walking me through how to do it. She even trimmed her nails for me.

Shelly warned me that Skye had always breathed really fast when in a carrier, but I didn't realize how fast until we were in the car. After only a few minutes of driving I called Shelly terrified that something was wrong. I had pulled over in a parking lot to observe her and Shelly reassured me that she was ok.

It was a 5.5 hour ride home. I was so afraid her little hypertrophic cardiomyopathic heart would give out and I would have to tell everyone she didn't make it.

I was also stressed about the border crossing. I planned my trip around the hopes of it not taking too long. It wasn't as quick as I'd hoped, but we got through in about 30 minutes. I remember telling her story when I showed them her vaccination paperwork.

For the rest of the drive I glanced over at her countless times. I did have to stop for gas and then I checked on her and gave her some pets. Other than breathing fast, she was doing well. Much better than me!

I was so relieved to get her home. I brought her upstairs to the room i set up for her. Her breathing calmed down and she investigated her new surroundings.

She was only isolated from Abby and Niblet for a couple of days. Skye was over being in a room and was ready to claim the entire house as her own.

And now it's 8 years later. She's down one eye, but her heart issues are gone. The only medication she has is for glaucoma and that's been steady for years.

I'm happy to report that for the last few years she no longer breathes fast when she's in a carrier. She doesn't like it, but she's very calm in it. As a matter of fact I felt like she was Abby's emotional support cat last week. Skye had to go in for a vaccination and Abby had her yearly checkup. Abby is a nervous wreck in the carrier, so I faced their carriers towards each other in the back seat so Abby could see Skye. Barely a peep out of Abby.

Skye is healthy and thriving. I'm grateful for her every day and for Tinykittens picking me to be her human. ♥️

Thank you to all of you who have followed her from day one and to those of you who have found her over the years. We appreciate you! ♥️

17/06/2024

Skye is ready for her close-up! She is so beautiful 😍

26/05/2024

Skye's Sunday mood... face down naps.

23/05/2024

Always ready to eat!
Both Skye and Niblet circle the wagons about 1 hour before dinner time every single day. Always hoping for an early start 🤞😆

20/05/2024

SkyeBear
I have determined that Skye is part bear. Like a bear she hibernates in the winter. She sleeps way more when it gets dark early.

Over the last 2-3 weeks she's been up more during the day and in the evening.

During hibernation she rarely comes downstairs or gets up from her heated cat mat after dinner. Now shes been coming downstairs to play and get some snuggles.

Welcome back from your winter slumber Skye!

10/05/2024

Someone is helping me work today. I usually keep my door closed while I work, but it's a beautiful day and I wanted to open the window and door to circulate some fresh air. Skye immediately jumped up to check things out. They don't get access to this window often, so lots of new things to look at!

Also, Skye is very polite in my office. She has never tried to jump up on my desk while I'm working. Both Niblet and Abby do, which is why the door is usually closed!

09/05/2024

What does Skye spy with her one little eye? 🕵️‍♀️

She's keeping an eye on the bird feeder! 🐦

29/04/2024

The look of betrayal!

I had to take Skye to the vet on Saturday, as she's been having some tummy issues. X-rays and blood work look good, so it was just an expensive car ride. Skye was less than thrilled. 😆

13/04/2024

A rare sighting of Skye in the evening where she's not on her heated cat bed. 99% of the time after she eats dinner she heads to the heated cat bed and is there until the next morning when it's time for breakfast. That's around 13hrs. I wouldn't expect anything less from this professional napper.

09/04/2024

Any ideas on what Skye is so focused on in the picture?

Thank you all for the wonderful likes and comments on her anniversary post. I read them all ♥️

TREATS! Skye was focused on her bowl that contained some crunchies which was taking me way too long to put in front of her! 😋

23/03/2024

8 YEARS!

It was 8 years ago that Tinykittens trapped a feral and pregnant Skye. After only a few days she warmed up to humans and decided to turn in her feral card.

If it wasn't for her rescue, she would have never survived her pregnancy. She had a C-section and delivered 4 beautiful kittens. She also took on the role of mom to an additional 7 kittens. She was so gentle and patient with 11 kittens crawling and playing all over her.

There were so many health issues and near death experiences while she gave birth and the days that followed. Skye kept fighting and showing us that she wanted to live.

When we learned that she was most likely only going to live for the next few weeks we were all devastated.

I had followed Skye from the beginning. Like many others, I completely fell in love with her. When I learned they were going to try and find a home for her to live out her last few weeks, I jumped at the chance to adopt her.

Little did we know in the first couple of weeks of bringing her home, we would discover that her heart condition was manageable and it even disappeared after a few months.

She's really thrived over the last 8 years. She loves her two cat sisters and her heated bed. She spends her days doing whatever she wants.

Thank you to Tinykittens and all of you for supporting her and following along in her journey!

https://tinykittens.com/cases/skye

16/03/2024

Skye has absolutely no spatial awareness. When it comes to comfort, she will take up the most space. Always. If Niblet doesn't get to the heated cat bed first, she just has to squish herself in. Can you tell that Niblet arrived late? 🤣

13/03/2024

Skye is sitting on my lap so I snapped a close-up. She just finished making a few biscuits and now it's time for a break.

You can see the cloudy spot on her eye. She was most likely born with it. It doesn't hurt her at all, but it does affect her vision. She has yearly visits with an ophthalmologist to keep tabs on her glaucoma and her eye has been monitored for years.

08/03/2024

Skye is getting a headstart on her weekend activities 💤😴😉😆

26/02/2024

Skye took full advantage of all the sunshine we had last week! We're back to rain and clouds this week, so hopefully she charged her batteries enough!

15/02/2024

Niblet makes the best pillow.

10/02/2024

That cute caramel chin...

30/01/2024

Look how beautiful this picture of Skye is by Lindsay Baca Photography ! 📸

Skye was of course a cat who hates having her picture taken and Lindsay had to follow Skye around the house for 2 hours 🤣 She was so patient and got some amazing pics that I'll be sharing with you soon.

And in a big surprise, Niblet was out and about during this time (where there are treats, Nibs will be there). She turned out to be the supermodel and I also got some great pics of her. One of which I swear could be on a bag of cat food!

Thanks Lindsay!

Skye the Sink Cat is such a beautiful cat, and I love her constant wink with having only one eye 🧡 She was rescued from a large feral colony of cats back in 2016 by Tinykittens and wasn't expected to live long, but she's still here and as happy and healthy as can be with her adorably doting human mom, and kitty sisters. It was probably pretty entertaining to watch me try to get her attention since along with having only one eye and having a bit of a disinterested and nervous cattitude, she's also deaf. It was fun to follow her room to room and let her get comfortable with me while sneaking in photos from a distance. What a beauty!

26/01/2024

When Skye refuses to move off the heating vent for a snack, the snack has to be brought to her. 👑

17/01/2024

Happiness is a heating vent ♥️🔥