1911. 
301 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Heaves 
A mare in good condition and with a 
good appetite seems very sluggish on the 
road. She seems to be well, except that she 
has heaves, but that is nothing serious; 
she seems much slower than usual. She 
works only one or two days a week. Her 
grain is two quarts of bran and five to 
seven quarts of provender; all feed is 
moistened. Can your veterinary make any 
suggestions? E. s. b. 
Connecticut. 
Feed sound, whole oats and bran, with 
some ears of corn as the noon meal. Allow 
wet oat straw as roughage and roots also 
may be fed. See that she is lightly worked 
or well exercised every day. Give her half 
nn ounce of Fowler’s solution of arsenic 
night and morning after a few smaller 
preliminary doses. We take the disease to 
be heaves, which is incurable. 
Lameness. 
We have a horse that has been lame for 
some time, and we thought the lameness 
was in the ankle, but possibly it is in the 
whirl bone or patella. She does not show 
any lameness on the road or when driving, 
but it seems to be .hard for her to get her 
foot off the floor, especially after being 
driven. If she is lame in the whirl bone, 
stifle or patella, would it cause any weak¬ 
ness or lameness in the ankle? k. 
New York. 
Without an examination we are unable to 
diagnose the seat of lameness in mysterious 
cases which cannot be diagnosed by the 
owner or ‘his veterinarian. We suspect, 
however, that the hock joint is the seat of 
the lameness, and, if that is so, a spavin 
is doubtless present and will require firing, 
to be followed by a six weeks’ rest in stall. 
If the hock is -sound, then the stifle may be 
the seat of the trouble, and, if that is so, the 
patella probably slips out of place. That 
would need repeated blistering of the stifle. 
We cannot say as to the probability of the 
ankle (fetlock) being involved. 
Unthrifty Colt. 
I have a colt that I bought the first of 
December, very poor, long hair that turns 
toward the head instead of lying down 
right. She eats well. I am feeding LVi 
pint of bran and oats mixed equal parts 
by measure, also clover hay, with a little 
Timothy mixed. I would like some advice 
how to make the animal thrive, u. s. a. 
Pennsylvania. 
Have the colt clipped. Feed four parts 
oats and one part bran, allowing one pound 
per 100 pounds live weight as a day’s 
ration. Give all the mixed hay the colt 
cares to eat, and if possible supply car¬ 
rots or other roots. Worms are the likely 
cause of the thin condition. Mix together 
two parts salt and one part each of dried 
sulphate of iron and flowers of sulphur, and 
of this mix two teaspoonfuls in the feed 
night and morning. An adult animal takes 
a tablespoonful as a dose. You do not state 
age of colt, so we are unable to prescribe 
the exact dose required. Use ordinary salt 
for the colt. It is cheap, and all that is 
required when the other medicine is being 
given. 
Staggers. 
I have a horse which I bought early in 
March, 1910. lie was all right until about 
June 1; he was taken with a spell of 
staggering and fell, but recovered in a few 
minutes and wf^s ready for work again. 
Since that time he has averaged a spell 
every two months; seems to be worse when 
idle. Sometimes these fits are followed by 
a mattery discharge from the nostrils. 
Sometimes he has a slight cough. He is 
about 10 years old, has a good appetite, 
keeps in good flesh and is a fine horse. The 
last time he had one of these spells he was 
standing in stall. He simply began to 
pull back on the halter and his muscles 
seemed to cramp and jerk. At times he is 
perfectly quiet after falling, and again he . 
groans as though in pain. What is the 
trouble? j. B. h. 
Maryland. 
Indigestion is the common cause of stag¬ 
gers, and it usually is brought on by over- | 
feeding and lack of exercise. Your horse 
will not be likely to suffer attacks if you 
see to it that he never stands a single day 
idle in the stable. He should occupy a 
large box stall, and when there is no work 
for him to do he should be turned out in 
the yard or be given exercise “ to halter.” 
At such times cut down the grain ration and 
give sufficient bran to open the bowels. 
Indigestion. 
I have a cow three and one-half years 
old. A year ago last Summer she was 
away to pasture, and had her first calf 
after coming home. Soon after she came 
home I noticed she was passing a great 
deal of wind, and she has kept it up until 
quite recently. A few weeks ago I intro¬ 
duced beet pulp into her diet, giving her 
equal parts of pulp, bran and gluten; since 
then she has improved. Her second calf 
was born in the middle of November - , and 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
she accidentally killed it before it had a 
chance to suck. Her udder is still caked. 
I have an idea this obstinacy may be due 
to the digestive condition. Can you suggest 
what to do for her? I have no good hay, 
but give all the meadow hay she will eat 
and about three bushels per day of corn 
stover, run through the hay cutter. The 
grain ration is three pounds, morning and 
night, of the ration mentioned above. 
Massachusetts. j. w. s. 
Physic the cow, giving a pound of epsom 
salts and half an ounce of ground ginger 
root in three pints of warm water, well 
sweetened with molasses. After the physic 
has ceased to operate, mix half an ounce; 
of hyposulphite of soda in the feed or 
drinking water night and morning. Pow¬ 
dered wood charcoal, if freely mixed with 
the food, would also be likely to lessen the 
tendency to gas formation. Foment the 
udder with hot water twice daily, and 
then rub thoroughly with a mixture of 
equal parts of sweet oil and fluid extract 
of poke root, used warm. 
Moon Blindness. 
I have a mare troubled with both eyes; 
at times she will be all right and then 
both eyes will become closed. She is seven 
years old and sound otherwise. I would 
like to know whether it is her eyes or her 
eyelids, or if there is any remedy? 
New Jersey. w. b. t. 
The disease is periodic ophthalmia (moon 
blindness) and is incurable. It will cause 
blindness of one or both eyes after suc¬ 
cessive attacks. Giving one dram of iodide 
of potash in drinking water twice a day 
at time of attack, and continuing for a 
week after attack subsides helps to retard 
blindness. The eyes may be kept covered 
with a soft cloth to be kept saturated 
with a solution of half a dram each of 
sulphate of zinc and fluid extract of bella¬ 
donna leaves, 10 drops of carbolic acid 
and one quart of cold water at time of 
attack. 
Periodic Ophthalima. 
I have a four-year-old filly whose left 
eye got injured in some way last Fall while 
still in pasture, probably from a twig. 
When brought in the lower part below the 
pupil was covered with a milky film. A 
short time later it covered the whole eye, 
and eye had a watery discharge. About 
four days later it returned to its former 
condition, and up to the present time has 
remained so; the eye is dry and seems 
all right but for this milky film. Will it 
eventually spread and blind her, and what 
can I do to remove it? g. s. 
New York. , 
See answer under title of “moon blind¬ 
ness,” as this filly appears to have that 
incurable disease, and should be treated in 
the way advised for the other case. 
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