4 2 THE DOMESTIC AND LONG-HAIRED CAT 



cat in the room about sixty-five degrees and out 

 of draughts. It is best to have a cage to keep 

 the animal in until the danger is past. When 

 the fever leaves great care must be taken or 

 a chill may cause a relapse. As the patient im- 

 proves great care must be taken in the diet and 

 the most nourishing food given. A one grain 

 capsule of quinine given twice a day for twelve 

 days is an excellent tonic for a cat recovering 

 from distemper. Sometimes after an attack of 

 distemper the bowels will become constipated. 

 Castor oil or cathartics are too severe at this 

 time. A mild enema of warm water given with 

 an ear syringe or using the smallest tube of a 

 fountain syringe. This will give relief at once. 

 Be sure the patient is kept quiet and out of 

 draught and only fed nourishing food such as 

 raw scraped beef, juice from raw beef, milk 

 and egg beaten together, a little boiled fresh 

 fish, or a sardine in oil to tempt the appetite. 

 When the animal is again eating, the regular 

 diet can be resumed. 



The last form of distemper and the most 

 fatal, is the gastric form. This form is also 

 highly contagious and usually fatal in a few 

 hours. No real cure has been found for an ad- 

 vanced form of this disease, as the cat does not 

 show illness until too far advanced to cure. If 

 the animal's temperature is taken, a high fever 

 will be found. Right here I wish to say that 



