108 PRACTICAL PHEASANT REARING. 



that the latter is thoroughly dry, and placed on a 

 dry spot. 



Several interesting scientific articles upon cramp 

 in young pheasants appeared in the Fields of July, 

 1887, from the pen of Dr. Klein, giving an admirable 

 diagnosis of the disease, but suggesting no new 

 cure. 



Cold is brought about by the same cause as cramp, 

 and, if neglected, is very liable to develop into roup, 

 which, if pronounced, is almost as incurable as gapes. 

 The treatment for cold will be similar to that for 

 cramp, with the addition of some strengthening 

 medicine, before alluded to. Cold in pheasants at 

 the commencement merely exhibits the form of slight 

 discharge from the nostrils, which increases and 

 assumes a violent and more purulent form as the 

 disease developes into roup. The best way to treat 

 roup is to kill off the worst cases, change the ground 

 of the others, and improve their food bread soaked 

 in ale, with the addition of common black or cayenne 

 pepper, and the moistening of the food with a solution 

 of a quarter of an ounce of sulphate of iron to a 

 quart of water, just using enough to give the food an 

 inky taste ; and, in worse cases, half of one of Baily's 

 roup pills, if you have not an unconscionable number 

 of birds affected at the same instant, may be confi- 

 dently recommended ; as, again, may an application 

 of an ointment consisting of mercurial ointment and 

 pure lard (loz. of each), petroleum and flowers of 



