108 THE CAT 



to the mammary glands of a cat wlio is nursing 

 her young may produce the same disease. 



Milk-fever is to be treated with the ordinary 

 remedies for fever, and a local application to 

 the mammary glands of belladona ointment, 

 alone, or mixed with mercurial ointment. 



NERVOUS TROUBLES. 

 Convulsions or Fits. 



Convulsions or fits in the cat occur occa- 

 sionally. The symptoms vary considerably 

 according to the period of the convulsion in 

 which the animal is seen, and according to 

 the severity of the attack. At the outset the 

 animal becomes excited, runs, jumps, and if 

 caught, struggles to escape without using any 

 special judgment or volition. It may froth 

 at the mouth, the legs become rigid, or the 

 muscles contract and become relaxed alternate- 

 ly in quick spasms. Following this comes a 

 period of depression, in which the animal may 

 lie in a state of coma, absolutely senseless 

 and apparently dead. From this condition it 

 may awake to a renewed attack of spasm, or it 



