CAT AND KITTENS. 



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CAT AND KITTENS. 



Care and attention is necessary when the cat is hkely to 

 become a mother. A basket or box, half filled with sweet 

 hay, or clean oat straw, with some flannel in the winter, is 

 absolutely requisite, and a quiet nook or corner selected away 

 from light, noise, and intrusion. Some prefer a box made like 

 a rabbit-hutch, with sleeping place, and a barred door to one 

 or both compartments which may be closed when thought 

 necessary for comfort and quiet. The cat should be placed 

 within, with food and new milk by or inside, and there 

 be regularly fed for a few days, all pans and plates to be 

 kept well washed, and only as much food given at a time as 

 can be eaten at one meal, so that everything is clean and 

 fresh. Cats, as I have before stated, delight in cleanliness, 

 so these, nor any comfort, should not be forgotten or omitted, 

 for so much depends on her health and the growth of 

 her little family, with regard to their future well-being. 



