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paregoric. If the latter, five drops in a teaspoon 

 of milk, poured down the bird's throat, and the dose 

 repeated every half-hour until relief comes, when 

 discontinue, and feed a little plain food, and keep 

 the bird covered up in a shawl or piece of blanket, 

 and in a warm place, until again restored to health. 



If the bird has sore feet, occasioned only by a 

 dirty cage, and not using sand freely, first put sand 

 into the cage, then wash his feet in lukewarm water, 

 first iiddins: a little tincture of arnica thereto. If 

 your parrot is troubled with costiveness, green fruit 

 and exercise outside the cage is the best remedy. 

 If gouty, which they will show by their feet swell- 

 ing, and a partial closing of the claws, immerse the 

 feet in quite warm water once or more per day, and 

 soak them for ten or fifteen minutes ; dry thoroughly, 

 and in a week or ten days a cure will be effected. 

 Sometimes with old cases it takes even longer. If 

 your bird is troubled with fits, a sprinkling with cold 

 water usually effects a cure. Should you be trou- 

 bled with lice on your parrot, you can wash him 

 with a strong solution of tobacco, made by steeping 

 a little chewing-tobacco in water, or a very little 

 flower of sulphur can be sprinkled among the feath- 

 ers. 



These comprise about all the ailments of the par- 

 rot family ; and the remedies here laid down for their 

 treatment also apply to the dwarf parrot, or what are 

 more commonly known as paroquets : but with care 

 (not too much care) you will be relieved of these 

 troublesome complaints. 



