DISEASES AND REMEDIES 93 



I consider Salvo's Preventive Medicine a boon and a 

 blessing to cat fanciers, and no one who values their pets 

 should be without a bottle of this magic mixture. I know I 

 recently warded off a serious attack by an immediate dosing, 

 and before and after all shows I intend to resort to this 

 effective concoction whatever it is, it is absolutely safe. 



When medicine is ordered three times a day for your cat, 

 eleven, three, and seven are good times and easy to remem- 

 ber. It is not fair to doctor or patient to give the doses 

 irregularly and inaccurately measured. It is always advisable 

 to give any kind of aperient or worm mixture on an empty 

 stomach. 



There is very often one weakly kitten in a litter. Some- 

 times there may hardly seem any life in the little creature 

 when born. In such a case hold the mite in front of the fire 

 for a time, or, better still, place it in a moderately heated 

 oven. It is wonderful how quickly animation and vitality is 

 produced by these means. 



A very sure sign of a cat being out of sorts is when ears 

 and nose are hot. Give an extra amount of green food or 

 grass, and perhaps a gentle aperient of some sort would not 

 be amiss. I like to feel a damp cold nose on a cat as well 

 as on a dog. 



A cat or kitten that is feverish is nearly always thirsty, and 

 will hang over a saucer of water, preferring that to milk. A 

 very small quantity of salicylate of quinine dissolved is an 

 excellent remedy for fever. Quantity : about one grain to a 

 tablespoonful of water. 



When Persian cats are shedding their coats they are 

 troubled with the quantity of hair which is swallowed during 

 the process of the toilet. Yuu may find your puss constantly 

 choking or coughin:/ in the effort to bring up the fur which 

 has accumulated in the passages. Give her plenty of coarse 

 grass or fern, and this will assist her in getting rid of the balls 

 of fur. 



