CHAPTER IV. 

 DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 



THIS IS another subject which alone would fill 

 a book, as rabbits have many diseases, some of 

 which certainly test the patience of the oldest 

 fanciers. 



Snuffles : The most common and dreaded of all dis- 

 ease is just plain "Snuffles." It matters little by what 

 name you call it, the proper name is "Snuffles" and all 

 the medicine in the world will not help infected rab- 

 bits unless you are willing to help the medicine. In 

 the first place about nine out of every ten cases of 

 snuffles come from poorly constructed rabbitries, dirty, 

 neglected hutches and poorly cared for rabbits. There 

 are several fine remedies on the market for snuffles that 

 will give instant relief and cure them if given 

 under the proper conditions. In another chapter, the 

 proper rabbitries are fully described, and you can 

 easily decide by comparison if your rabbits are prop- 

 erly housed and have the attention they should re- 

 ceive. In a great many rabbitries you find the roof 

 right down close to the rabbits and during cold weather 

 this produces dampness, as shown by the frost hang- 

 ino- from the roof. Other rabbitries are poorly con- 

 structed barns with but one layer of roofing and sid- 

 ing, poor ventilation, and hutches that are only 

 cleaned when they are piled up so high with dirt that 



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