SECUKING OTHEE DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



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Fig. 63.— Collar Nippers for Dogs. 



become very handy, in order to hold them by the neck and keep 

 them under control, whether for operation or for administration 

 of medicines. 



Cats are most difficult to handle. They bite and they scratch, 

 and they are often unconquerable until they are fully subjected to 

 general anesthesia. In many instances, the co-operation of a good 

 assistant, accustomed to handling them, may be found necessary. 

 They may sometimes be made amenable to treatment by graspiag 

 them by the neck behind the ears, and close to the head with one 

 hand, and securing the fore paws with the other, while a second 

 assistant holds the hind legs, or it may become necessary to have 

 the four paws tied tightly together, and only the head held by the 

 assistant. 



We have heard of the utilization of a man's boot as a means of 

 feline restraint, particularly in the castration of the male, or 

 " Tom," the head and body of the animal being thrust into the leg 



