Paris bandage on for at least four weeks, when it 

 can be removed with careful cutting. Above all 

 keep the bird quiet during the whole course, and 

 after removing (he bandages, keep in a small box 

 (so as not to get too much exercise or be able to 

 fly) for several weeks more, otherwise the bone 

 might be easily broken over again, and the second 

 break is not worth the treatment. 

 WOUNDS. 



In case of a wound, gunshot wound for instance, 

 it will be necessary to first locate the shot if pos- 

 sible and extract it. This will encourage healing 

 more rapidly. Cleanse the wound with a lotion of 

 carbolic acid made by taking 300 parts of distilled 

 water to one part carbolic acid. This acid must be 

 the best refined and not the crude kind used for 

 disinfecting. Take a small syringe and inject this 

 lotion into the wound once a day for a few days, 

 then stitch up and use the Iodoform Ointment men- 

 tioned heretofore. In treating these wounds, or 

 wounds of different nature, the greatest care must 

 be taken to remove all dirt in the wound and that 

 adhering to the edges, for often blood poisoning will 

 be produced if any foreign substance is left in. 

 MOULTING PERIOD. 



When birds are moulting they are more subject 

 to disease than at any other period. Care should be 

 taken of the birds more at this time than any othei-. 

 Do not allow a draught to go through the loft. Feed 

 them hemp seed occasionally, and peas, beans ard 

 the other foods rich in nitrogen. If salad can be 

 had it may be given them, and they will eat hearti'.y 

 of it; likewise chickweed. 



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