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roup is a most contaRious disease. The room should 

 ne kept at an equable temperature, the bird's eyes 

 and nose well bathed three or four times a dav with 

 hot water, to which has been added a few drops of 

 Sanitas, or Jeyes' Fluid. Care must be taken to 

 tlioroughly dr3' with a cloth the feathers which become 

 wet during these bathings. The bird should be given 

 some good Roup pill or powder; all water given it 

 should be warm, and should be given in an earthen- 

 ware glass or china vessel. 



Oi\E-EYEI) COED. 



This is a form of cold which, whilst leaving t4ie 

 respiratory organs free, settles in one of the eyes, and 

 often proves extremely difficult to cure. As soon as a 

 bird is noticed with an inflamed and swollen eye, the 

 owner may conclude nine times out of ten that it is 

 suft'ering from one-eyed cold, especially if there is a 

 watery discharge. In the advanced state this dis- 

 charge becomes yellow in colour, and loses its watery 

 character. The bird should be isolated, given a pinch 

 of Epsom Salts morning and night; the eye should be 

 bathed three or four times a day with hot water, for 

 five or ten minutes, dried carefully, and then have 

 two or three drops of the following lotion dropped into 

 the eye from the point of a camel-hair brush. vSix 

 grains of sttlphate of copper, one drachm of glycerine, 

 four ounces of rosewater. If taken in hand at an early 

 stage a cure may be effected, in a few days, but when 

 it is established recovery is prolonged and tedious. 



CANKER. 



Canker is a form of scrofula, and like all scrofulous 

 diseases is very difficult to overcome once firmly 

 established. It arises in many cases from an over- 

 heated state of the blood; in some it is hereditary. A 

 blow or wound is often the cause, and a good round 

 up between a couple of birds is frequently followed 

 by canker of the eye, ear, or beak. Therefore, when- 

 ever birds have been fighting, their wounds should be 

 carefitlly washed twice a day for a few days with sponge 

 and warm water, a few drops of vSanitas or Jeyes' Fluid 



