40 . The Diseases of Animals 
“The common causes of death among cats are teeth- 
ing, worms and overfeeding, especially the last. Cats 
should be fed only at regular intervals, like individ- 
uals who wish to keep well; adult cats twice a day; 
kittens not over four times. If there are but few 
cats in the house, feed them from the assortment left 
from the table, including a liberal proportion of vege- 
tables and cereals. Beef and mutton are good; also 
white-meated fish cooked and boned, raw cream, fresh 
or scalded milk. <A little lack of appetite should 
cause no alarm. Remember that more cats die from 
overeating than from starvation. It is better to err 
on the side of underfeeding. 
“Soft foods, hke oatmeal, must be thoroughly well 
cooked. Rolled oat preparations should cook at least 
six hours. Dry package foods are better. In case of 
bowel looseness, no solid foods should be given; the 
animal should be fed for a time on scalded milk, 
which may be strengthened by adding arrowroot, rice 
or oatmeal water, or any of the patented baby foods. 
Liver is an intestinal irritant, lacking nutriment; it 
should be given only cooked, and occasionally as a 
relish. Most cats are fond of a food made of one 
part finely chopped beef or mutton, two parts stale 
whole wheat or graham bread softened with water; 
add an egg or two, and bake till thoroughly cooked 
but not ecrisped. This is a wholesome and an ex- 
cellent preparation. It is a good food to use in ship- 
ping. Sprinkle a little pinch of sulfur on the soft- 
boiled or poached egg that you give them twice a week, 
or if they are not partial to egg it may be sprinkled 
