DISEASES. 



Pheasants not sutuect to so many diseases as some think— Young 

 Pheasants delicate— Cold, roup, congested lungs and liver disease. 



T > H E AS ANTS are not subject to so many diseases as 

 -*- some varieties of the feathered tribes, especially 

 fowls. Their principal diseases as young ones are gapes, 

 congested lungs and diphtheric roup. Many people make 

 a mistake about gapes. If the pheasants open their little 

 mouths, the owner or attendant often puts it down as 

 gapes. These young birds will often take a slight cold, 

 the nostrils become stopped up and they breathe through 

 the mouth instead of the nostrils, but these are not signs 

 of gapes. The latter, however, is a very bad thing when 

 it once sets in, and we cannot always tell what it comes 

 from. Nothing will bring it on quicker than stagnant 

 water. 



Young pheasants should never be allowed to drink 

 water which has been exposed to the sun, such as would 

 come from a ditch or pond, it should always be got 

 fresh from the pump or spring daily. 

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