The Book of Cats. 2 1 1 



eyes, sometimes fly at the window, but more often 

 fly from your presence and hide itself in the darkest 

 place it can find. If it have a regular fit, with frothing 

 at the mouth, quivering limbs, etc., as in a human 

 being so attacked. Lady Cust recommends that one 

 of the ears be slightly slit with a sharp pair of 

 scissors in the thin part of the ear. You must then 

 have some warm water ready and hold the ear in it, 

 gently rubbing and encouraging the blood to flow, 

 a few drops even will afford relief. During the at- 

 tack, the Cat does not feel, nor does it resist in the 

 least, therefore the most timid lady might perform 

 this little operation without fear. But where the 

 symptoms are not so violent, a gentle aperient may 

 do all that is required. A good alterative for them 

 is half a teaspoonful of common salt in two tea- 

 spoonfuls of water, as mentioned above, though in 

 this case it will not cause vomiting. Female Cats, 

 Lady Cust says, are less subject to fits of delirium, 

 and never have them after they have once nursed 

 young ones, unless frightened into them, which all 

 Cats easily are. In this, however, I think she is mis- 

 taken, for I have had a Cat so affected when nursing 

 her second litter of Kittens. Another Cat of mine 

 was seized with delirium, rushed suddenly out of the 

 kitchen, and disappeared mysteriously for three days. 



