26 THE DOMESTIC AND LONCx-HAIRED CAT 



At the age of four or five months, a little 

 green cooked vegetable may be added to one 

 of the meat meals. Such as spinach chopped 

 fine, beets, cabbage, carrots are fine, asparagus, 

 in fact any biit starchy foods like potato. At 

 this age two feedings of solid food, with Barley 

 or evaporated ^nilk and water given at night, 

 and several times a week some good raw beef- 

 bones for. the kits to work on to assist teething, 

 should make a healthy diet. Have the bones 

 large enough so they can not be swallowed and 

 never use sharp bones or those that will splint. 

 Shin bone or shoulder bones are best. 



