Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-12
Con>umptive Canaries - Advice for
Those who Keep the Pets.

"Yr,. cauari,., often die of con>Imp-
ton. the bird fauci,r aid. mr'!itatiye-
IL. - hr f,d the white maraw with Il
l,i,..,. Of aprlr. "Thry ar. also subject
t. many uthrr lurim troubles. and moth
iG-r j. II common f"r them t. HAY" rs
asthma. Naturally they are hardy
bird. and. ii treated with proper care.
>l,oud rarely hr attacked hy disease.
CONSERVATION j. not hereditary with
cauarir>. hul results from cold and neg
beet. You see. l.lli,~ hang the little
fellows ly the windows 10 get the ben
cit 81 TIN. ~unli~i!t Ii the day chances
10 To-. pheasant or the room becomes TOO
warm. the window i pulled down two
ur three. inches The care is i'll the
drallrnt. which plays djr"'tlyson the
bird :ul,l "ivcS it cold. A@ain. the Win
dow my be lon>r-ti'ln%, and the
canary grts the drau4hi through the
GREY ic,.> The first notice that ii @iveN
of inii>po,ition i by cra>ng to sing.
linen it huddlr~ down on IL perch and
takes no notice OF what i going on
around it. It, uWurr secs il nopinT.
and. with the remark thai The dear lit
IL. thin~ need, more sunlight on the
following day AGAIN hangs il Al the
window. II, cold continues. and It's
ln"> Income affected. a week later 1t
!, found dead in the bottom of the cage.
ta!Irir- also take culi from being kept
III VERY hot rooms. or subjected Ia too
sudden change, of temperature. The
room in which they are kept should
never he warmer than sixty DEGREES.
4 / l,.,,l-. 4 l,,,n ui,I
hat to 4 di,ra>r known ~ the ~aprS.
The gapr- can br cured. however, but
consumption cannot.
Birds are often brought Ia me for
treatment. hut most o! them are 50 far
| cone that in the ma jurity of eases they
! Garnet he cured. II i "a>il y-tuid when
I they are victims tuculi,umlttiun When
/ they sleep they bury their head, deep III
! their feathers. and look like yello" pun
: balls. Their chests hcavc onNulSivcly.
! and their breath comes hard. Their
eyes lool, heavy. and they giNea kind OF
/ hiccup. Is though something stuck in
/ their throatS. CanarieS ought not To
! die from lung affection. if they are taken
in hand in time. When they first stop
singing and show signs of cold. they
! ~iiotllil if Ili.lttt III NV
from draught. and dictrd on seed and
water and sometimes a paste made from
hard boiled egg and Il pul,erilc'i
cracker. We have Il hospital for sick
birds which j. ventilated from ne top.
anal has the temperature regulated hy Il
+ Thermometers The Irrai'.Rnt of the
birds varies with the disorder which af-
fectS them. Persons often come in and
say that their birds ar. sick and ask
what they shall do for them. The an
swrr would be Us hard To give rs the
reply of Il physician would be who was
told that Il patient was i'll. and then
asked 10 treat him without seeing him.
Among the diseases to which can't
rics seem heir are epilepsy. yellow gall.
sore feet. >nrcZinr, sweating, hoarSc-
hess and loss of voice. They are also
troubled by insects. which cause them
great annoyance and often cause their
death. These insects during the day
hide in crryiccS. and ut night when the
birds sleep. they crawl ont and suck
their blood. and 81 torment them that
the birds cannot rest. Epilepsy results
from too rich food. There are two
methods of treating it. The first is to
dip the bird into cold water. The sec
ond i>to bleed it. This is done by cut
ting with the shears the hind claw far
enough mp 81 that the blood will flow
and then holding the foot in warm water
until the blood ceases To run. Sneczing
is one of the results of cold. and i.
caused by the obstruction of the nos
trilS. 1t Is cured by dieting the bird
anu keeping il from draughts. Most OF
the other diseases are treated in this
way.
- To my mind there is the greatest
similarity in the moulting of canaries
and the tee,hing of children. Both sui,
fer from fever and are pettish and cross
The moutin~ usually takes place dur.
ing the months of September and De
tober. If properly attended To, they
should get through moulting in from
four To six weeks. The tail and wing
feathers sometimes do not fall out. and
in that instance they should he pulled
out one at time. " y. San.