18 DISEASES OF RABBITS 



produced by irritant medicines and foods, or 

 in connection with simple digestive troubles. 

 It is a symptom also of the more fatal diseases 

 caused by parasitical and bacterial infections. 



Treatment. — This depends upon the cause; 

 irregularities of the teeth should be corrected 

 by smoothing off the projecting points with a 

 file or the extraction of projecting ones. It is 

 not advisable to cut off projecting teeth as the 

 pulp cavity is thereby opened and severe paiii 

 occasioned and later on the tooth decays. 

 Medicines should be properly diluted and food 

 of an irritating nature withheld, mild mouth 

 washes may consist of dilute potassium per- 

 manganate or potassium chlorate solutions, or 

 hydrogen peroxide 1 to 5 or alum or tincture 

 of myrrh. 



Indigestion 



Indigestion is usually caused by inappro- 

 priate diet, such as a too plentiful supply of 

 wet green stuff, want of variety in the ration, 

 debility caused by unhealthy surroundings, 

 cold and wet. 



The sjrmptoms are dullness, restlessness, 

 colicky pains, tympanites and often diarrhea. 

 If occurring in young animals, a microscopic 

 examination of the feces should be made as it 

 is necessary to differentiate simple digestive 

 disturbance due to errors of diet from coccidio- 

 sis. The absence of more urgent and multiple 



