Your Dog and Your Cat 



in mild attacks may remain good, but the ingestion 

 of food at this time will only tend to make the 

 condition worse. In severe attacks the animal will 

 refuse all food but will drink a great deal of water. 

 In the later stages it will sit over the water dish 

 as though it wanted to drink, but could not. 



Treatment. — ^Withhold all food and drink in 

 order to give the stomach a much needed rest. The 

 bowels may be emptied by the use of a glycerine 

 suppository in the rectum or by giving a cathartic 

 tablet containing two or three grains of cascara 

 sagrada per mouth, or milk of magnesia may be 

 gfiven in teaspoonful doses every three or four 

 hours. With this may be given five grains of sub- 

 nitrate of bismuth. Should the vomiting continue 

 for more than twenty-four hours it should receive 

 more vigorous attention. 



Constipation. — This may occur in animals fed on 

 nothing but raw beef because the meat is so thor- 

 oughly digested that there is not sufficient residue 

 to make a copious stool. However, the usual causes 

 are improper food, foreign bodies, and poor diges- 

 tion. 



Symptoms. — ^Aside from the absence of a passage 

 the cat may act languid, refuse food, and later start 

 to vomit. 



Treatment. — The movements of the animal 

 should be noted each day in order to keep a check 

 on their occurrence as well as their consistency. 

 Should tiiey become hard, oil should be given, either 



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