Your Dog and Your Cat 



tion of the treatment. Persian insect powder is one 

 of the safest remedies. The cat is placed on a 

 newspaper or sheet and the powder is sprinkled 

 over the body and worked well into the hair with 

 the hands, about twenty minutes being spent in the 

 process. By this time the fleas will begin to mi- 

 grate toward the head and as they come to the sur- 

 face they may be picked off and dropped in a strong 

 disinfectant 'solution. Those which drop off upon 

 the paper may be disposed of in the same manner. 

 After all the fleas possible have been removed the 

 cat should be given a good brushing to remove most 

 of the powder. This treatment must be repeated 

 frequently as long as any fleas remain. 



If it is possible to bathe the cat a solution com- 

 posed of one tablespoonful of kerosene and a pint 

 of milk can be rubbed into the fur, and after an 

 interval of half an hour the animal must be bathed. 

 About two or three treatments, at intervals of three 

 days, will be necessary to free the cat of her pests. 



Black Flag should never be used. Coal-tar dis- 

 infectants are also too toxic to use around cats. 



Organs of Reproduction — Estrum. — The period 

 of estrum in a cat occurs at more or less irregular 

 intervals of two to four months. In regular breed- 

 ing animals the period is usually found constant to 

 each individual. The discharge is spare in quantity 

 and thus is rarely observed, but the nervous excite- 

 ment atteftdant to the function is such that there will 

 be no doubt in the mind of the owner as to its 



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