POULTRY KEEPING 211 



Snuffles Incurable. 



What are the cause and cure for snuffles in rabbits? 



From all I have learned I fear very little can be done for the trouble. 

 Indeed some people regard it as almost like tuberculosis incurable. My 

 judgment is : remove the cause. Take better care of your stock so as to 

 avoid colds, and if one should display symptoms of catarrhal trouble, use 

 the same remedy which would apply in the human family. Yerba Santa is 

 always safe make a tea of the leaves and mix with bread and milk or 

 bran mash. But I don't encourage experiments with snuffles as I have 

 never known any one to succeed in curing the trouble. Mrs. B. H. Gilkey, 

 Santa Rosa. 



Slobbers in Rabbits. 



What will cure slobbers in rabbits? 



Slobbers in rabbits is acute indigestion and will prove fatal if prompt 

 measures are not taken to relieve the condition, cabbage or decayed vege- 

 tables being nearly always the cause. Give one teaspoonful of muriatic 

 acid to the gallon of water in granite or crockery drinking vessel. Caution 

 must be used in giving the acid. Always use a glass measure for the acid 

 and if not possessing one, a teaspoonful of water in a common tumbler 

 will show what the approximate quantity of muriatic acid looks like. 

 It is well to give all the flock a drink of this sort once in a while as a 

 preventive measure. Mrs. B. H. Gilkey, Santa Rosa. 



Slobbers or snuffles in rabbits is a difficult disease to cure, but it may 

 be prevented from spreading if given prompt attention. It sometimes 

 attacks a lot of rabbits that are properly fed and cared for in the best 

 manner possible, but it is usually due to damp or drafty quarters and first 

 appears in the form of pneumonia. We have heard it stated that it is due 

 to lack of salt ; rabbits should be salted at least once a week. A level 

 teaspoonful of salt mixed with a pint of dry bran ; the mixture should then 

 be moistened with water until it is thoroughly damp but not sloppy. A 

 number of years ago C. W. Hansen, the well-known fancier of San Mateo, 

 had much trouble with sickness among his Belgian hares. He stated to us 

 that after making it a daily practice to give them a few poplar tree suckers, 

 he never again had a sick hare. These suckers grew abundantly about the 

 base of the tall poplars; they should be fed fresh, including the leaves. 

 Quickly separate the sick animals from those that show no symptoms of the 

 disease. Clean out and whitewash inside, and outside also if possible, all 

 the hutches on the place, using a strong solution of carbolic acid in the 

 whitewash. Thoroughly wash all drinking vessels and feed troughs with 

 a solution of 20 drops of carbolic acid in one gallon of water. Geo. H. 

 Croley. 



Rabbits Neglect Young. 



Three of my does have twice refused to make nests for their young, 

 and have either neglected or eaten them all. Can you tell me the reason f 

 I feed rolled barley, alfalfa hay, and a little green stuff. 



Not knowing full particulars as to the treatment you give your rabbits, 

 I cannot absolutely state the cause of your trouble. But this I do know ; if 



