Before Queue was diagnosed with Lymphoma, Candy was in the process of getting me a birthday present… Loki the munchkin kitten. 
Loki is by no means a replacement for the Cat Daddy, the Monkeymanx, his Royal Manxness Queue. 
Candy, wanting to spoil me, and I think she secretly wanted a kitten, heard me talk about these unique (aka mutant) cats called munchkins. They are normal cats in every way except one, they have short legs. They are kinda like the dachshund of the cat world. But I digress…
We now have a kitten running around terrorizing the house, living up to his name! The first few days after we got him (he was seven weeks old) were a bit tough. First he had fleas. We made sure we put anti-flea stuff on Zaida and Queue, and picked off as many fleas as we could find on the poor little guy, even going so far as to bathing him. We put some anti-flea stuff on Loki as well, and cleared up the flea problem. We took him to the vet the second day we had him, and found out he had intestinal parasites. We were told that is actually really common in kittens. The parasites were affecting his poo, in a similar fashion as Queues which made us worry that he too had cancer. The vet told Candy that the kitten did not have cancer, and as a rule kittens don’t get cancer. So we had to drug the little guy. After two weeks the parasites were not gone, and we had to get more drugs. Finally, this week he seems to be getting better.
Loki loves to play; he loves to attack things like his toys, the rug, a sock, his own tail, our feet, Zaida, and Queue. Yes Loki, 1/5th the size of Zaida or Queue will attack them, because he wants to play. Sometimes Zaida plays with him, sometimes she runs, other times she gives her mean growl/snap to send him away. Queue on the other hand wants no part of it. It’s kinda odd because Loki seems to look up to Queue, and wants to be near him but for the most part Queue ignores, or hisses at Loki. Every once in a while Queue will just sniff Loki and not hiss, so I think there is hope for them to get along.
Other things that Candy got me for my Birthday were: a big bag of candy and Battlestar Galactic seasons 1 and 2 on DVD.
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