84 THE CAT 



Treatment. 



Greasy applications must be avoided, being in- 

 admissible. 



In ordinary cases of mange, and when the 

 disease is of very limited extent, the following 

 Lotion will be found useful : 



Creosote . . . i| drachms. 



Methylated spirit . . 4 ounces. 



Wet the bare patches twice daily with it. 



As a rule, it is necessary to dress the cat from 

 head to foot, and the best application is lime and 

 sulphur lotion (prepared by boiling lime and sul- 

 phur together, mixed with water). This destroys 

 the cause of the mange, viz. the parasites, in 

 about half-an-hour. Care must be taken to guard 

 against re- infection, therefore thoroughly cleanse 

 and disinfect all the articles with which the cat has 

 been in contact. In cats that are of no particular 

 value, the most economical plan is to have such 

 destroyed. 



But with valuable cats we think it advisable to 

 consult a veterinary surgeon, and act in accord- 

 ance with his judgment. 



Ringworm. 



Cats are very liable to this skin trouble, and in 

 these animals it assumes two distinct forms viz. 

 (a) the circular and (ft) the honeycomb. Rats and 



