Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07
Washinatua Standard
HOW TO TREAT CATS.

Give Them Raw Meat. Eggs and AiIA-Savs
Them From the Plague of flcas-A Little
WHISKY Helps Along.
Cat, are 10y naturc daInty-cycn in
their cruelties There is all manner
OF feline grace il the way they play
with mice Cats suffer much less
from constant housing than dogs, al
though they run wild much more
readily and never quite get over their
murdcrous instincts. A cat Of fancy
breed, as Maltese, Angora, Coon-cat,
or Manx is a possession more fashion
able than precious. Each and several
they are no end decorative, but in al
fiction, intelligence and playfulness,
they rank below their black, gray,
tiger and tortoise-Shell breth.
ren.
White cats are in general more saw
age and less intelligent than grey or
tortoise-shcll. Many OF them have
blue eyes, and all such are said to be
stone deaf, hence they are less desira-
bic in the house. Unlike 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 nov and then beat up n
raw egg in it. A bit of raw liver as
big as two fingers, or fish head, is
meat enough for days ration. Sup.
plement it with milk and bread, or
milk and mashed potatoes, cracker
or two, or bit of hard bread, lightly
buttered, and few small bones, as
from chicken, game or chops.
Cats as we'll as dogs, suffer a plague
of fleas. Oddly enough, cat fleas are
unlike dog feas, and if the two sorts
OF insects meet upon one poor beast,
there is fight to a finish, ending
commonly in victory for the cat f1eas,
which are much bigger and more vo-
racious than those found on the dog.
If left to ravage unchecked, they soon
reduce a sleek, healthy cat to miser-
able skeleton, suffering 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 feas with a fine.t tooth comb
while the hair is still wet, then rinse
the cat we'll in milk warm water, dry
it with soft towels. and give it after
the bath a saucer of warm milk with
teaspoonful of brandy or whisky in
it. A kitten should have only a few
drops OF spirits, and be kept snug in a
clean basket an hour after the bath.
When the hair is very dry, blow in all
along the backbone some sort of good
insect powder either larkspur or
py reth.rum. Rub behind the ears
with the sulphur ointment directed
for dogs. Next day brush out all the
powder with fine, close brush, comb
the coat lightly, then part it along
the backbone and rub with the sui
phur ointment.
For mango rub all over with the
sulphur ointment. Keep the cat con-
fined go it cannot lie in the dirt, and
after twenty-four hours wash it we'll
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 cat
nip, either green or dry, with milk
and bread diet. Catnip indeed, ought
to be given always twice a week.
Burn infected bedding and fumigate
sleeping baskets, or else wash them in
bichloride OF mercury. Let them
stand six hours after washing, then
scald plentifully with boiling water,
and dry we'll before letting the cat
sleep in them again.