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change to old, sweet grain and give, for a short time, 

 arsenicum in their water. If from foul water give fresh, 

 clean water and a few doses of mercurius corrosivius. 

 If from cold give ipecachuana homeopathically. 



CHOLERA 



This is a disease not common among pigeons, al- 

 though in some forms of diarrhoea they drop off so sud- 

 denly as to suggest the belief that cholera was the cause. 

 If the bird shows loose, greenish discharges, appears 

 very weak and tottering, I should suspect cholera, and 

 administer at once arsenicum as recommended for 

 diarrhoea. 



WORMS 



This trouble is sometimes hard to distinguish from 

 diarrhoea, as the bird has a watery discharge and grows 

 thin, and the plumage has a staring, lustreless appear- 

 ance. It is pale faced and white about the eyes. Its 

 appetite seems variable and it is restless. For this give 

 small pieces of garlic about the size of a pea, a small , 

 piece of gum aloes, or the hom. remedy, santonine. 



LIVER COMPLAINT • 



This is a disease difficult to detect although of quite 

 frequent occurrence. The bird grows thin, its plumage 

 is dull and staring and its discharges are loose and 

 sticky, adhering to the feathers of the vent and streaked 

 with reddish brown. The oil-gland will also be found 

 closed as previously described. When well advanced 

 the gait becomes feeble and tottering, and if neglected 

 the bird finally dies. A post mortem examination will 

 show the liver to be very pale in color, and very soft, in 

 fact rotten, small ulcers will also be found growing on 

 it. The cause is uncertain, but probably arises from 

 a scrofulous condition of the sufterer, the scrofula seat- 



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