Mammals The Cat 
day on an empty stomach will usually effect a cure; 
this treatment may be repeated twice at intervals of 
two days to make sure. As santonine is a poison if 
given in large quantities, it should be followed with a 
teaspoonful of castor oil at night. Cats are often 
afflicted with diarrhoea, and the cure for this is to 
keep the patient confined, and give only a very small 
amount of food, which should consist of boiled rice 
and a little boiled milk. For constipation give a 
teaspoonful of castor oil; one authority advises Gar- 
field tea steeped strong and given in teaspoon doses. 
Puss has a strong love for places and does not take 
readily to anew home. Therefore, if it is necessary 
to move a pet cat, she should be taken into a room 
of .the new house, close the doors and windows, and 
pet her and talk to her so that she feels that she is not 
alone. Then she should be allowed to examine the 
room until she becomes acquainted with it; and her 
nest should be placed in the corner. Later she 
should be allowed to examine the entire house at her 
leisure, and usually after a little she will settle down 
into her new quarters contentedly. 
Every cat allowed in the house must be broken to 
cleanliness when young. This is best done by giving 
kittens close attention, and putting them out of doors, 
or in their box with the sand tray as soon as they are 
seen to be sniffing around corners of the room. If the 
worst happens, the kitten’s nose should be rubbed in 
the urine or excrement and then it should be put out 
of doors. Toa cat, which has a most sensitive nose, 
there could be no greater punishment or indignity 
than this. With care in putting the kitten out of 
doors at intervals, usually one or two repetitions of 
this punishment is enough. A kitten hasa far better 
memory than has a puppy. 
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