Evening star., 1901-06-08
HOW TO TREAT CATS
DIET OF RAW MEAT, EGGS AND
MILK.
Tabby's Toilet Should Finish With
Reviving
Drop.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
Cats are by nature dainty-even in their
cruelties. There is all manner of feline
grace In the way they play with mice.
Cats suffer much less from constant hous-
ing than dogs, although they run wild much
more readily, and never quite get over
their murderous instincts. A cat of fancy
breed, Maltese, Angora, Coon-cat or
ManX is a possession more fashionable
than precious. Each and several they are
no end decorative, but in affection intel
ligence and playfulness, they rank below
their black, gray, tiger-marked and tor
toise-shell brethren.
White cats are in general more savage
and less intelligent than gray or tortoise
Shell. Many of them have blue eyes and
all such are said to be stone deaf hence
they are less desirable in the house I'm
like dogs, cats require to have their meat
raw, but they must not have too much OF
it. Milk should constitute at least third
of their food. Crumble stale bread in the
milk, and now and again beat up a raw
egg in it. A bit of raw liver as big as
two fingers or a fish head, is meat enough
for a days ration. Supplement it with
milk and bread, or milk and mashed pota-
toes, a cracker or two or a bit of hard
bread, lightly buttered, and a few small
bones, as from chicken, game or chops
Cats as well as dogs suffer a plague
of feas. Oddly enough, cat f1eas are un-
like dog fieas, and If the two sorts of in
sects meet upon one poor beast
there Is fight to a finish, ending COM
monty in victory for the cat feas which
are much bigger and more voracious than
those found on the dog. If left to ravaee
unchecked they soon reduce a sleek,
healthy cat to a miserable skeleton suf-
fering all over from eczema. To get rid
of the fleas, wash with sulphur soap-any
. good brand which the nearest shop affords
comb out the fleas with a fine-tooth comb
while the hair is still wet, then rinse the
cat well in milk warm water dry it with
soft towels, and give 1t after the bath a
saucer of warm milk with a teaspoonfuI of
brandy whisky In it. kitten should
have only few drops of spirits and kent
snug in clean basket an hour after tho
bath When the hair is very dry blow In
all along the backbone some sort of good
fine insect powder-either larkspur or nv
rethrum. Rub behind the ears with the
sulphur ointment directed for dogs Next
day brush out all the powder with a fine.
close brush, comb the coat lightly then
part it along the backbone, and rub with
the sulphur ointment.
For mango rub all over with the sulphur
ointment. Keep the cat confined so it can
not lie in the dirt, and after twenty-four
hours wash 1t well in hot soapsuds-just
comfortably hot, not scalding; rinse dry
and leave alone. In three days, if the
mango persists. repeat the ointment, and
after the treatment give the cat plenty of
catnip either green or dry, with milk and
bread diet. Catnp indeed ought to be
given always twice a week. Burn infected
bedding, and fumlgate sleeping baskets or
else wash them well in bichloride of mer-
curry. Let them stand six hours after wash
ing, then scald plentifully with boiling
water, and dry well before letting the cat
sleep in them again.