Your Dog and Your Cat 



ordinary purposes, one ounce for toys and four for 

 the larger dogs is the proper dose. In the case of 

 small amounts an infant's rectal syringe is con- 

 venient to use; for larger quantities an ordinary 

 douche bag is best. For high enema a piece of 

 soft rubber tubing, six or eight inches long, may be 

 placed over the hard rubber tip. A glass tip should 

 never be used. Before the tip is inserted in the 

 rectum it must be lubricated with oil or vaseline. 

 It should not be forced, but slowly and carefully 

 worked into the rectum. The liquid should be 

 allowed to enter the rectum slowly, and the flow 

 stopped when the animal begins to strain. After 

 giving the enema the dog should be placed where 

 he can void the fecal matter without fear. When 

 the dog uses his pan or paper he can be given the 

 enema near it, but if he is an out-of-door dog and 

 conditions are such that he cannot go out, he can 

 be placed in the bath tub. In giving a high enema 

 the lower bowel should be emptied first, and then 

 the soft rubber tube put over the tip and worked as 

 far up into the bowel as possible without using force. 

 For feeding purposes eggs, milk, broth, meat 

 juice, and gruels are used. The food should be 

 heated to a little above body temperature and given 

 in small quantities and slowly, in order that they 

 may be retained. The rectum must first be emptied 

 of fecal matter with a soap enema and then washed 

 out with a weak salt solution — a teaspoonful of 

 table salt to a cup of warm water. 



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