Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-30
DISEASES PECULIAR TO
BEASTS AND BIRDS

1
| human beings are tho only living
organisms ON the face of the earth
| that look after their sick comrades.
! Naiur" runs as very ctnsc Ia mos,
things. most of III" animals know
how 10 protect their Young ana Keep
! themselves in food and housing. but
! the ail-inporunt surgeon, physician
ANA hospital are entirely wanting
| such domestic animals as thr
| horse COW. dog ana cat are. ot course.
| doctorrd IKE human beings bat this
! Is only because they ar, la our immr-
! diutr care, but the ailing Wandrror of
/ the woodland H. lcfl severely alone.
fou might perhaps imagine that
/ nature makes M tor this deficiency
/ hy Safeguarding ucr creatures against
Illness, Tor We hardly ever 81, such
! u thing, for instance, us sick rab-
! bit
Hut this ~ a mistake Thousands
/ 81 animals perish annually from neg.
| !"rtrd disorders, ana III. reason why
Wv hardly ever see an ailing beast
/ lies ln the fact that II does MOI SHOW
itself until 1t Be- dead
Even cate rpillars have their Illness
"s. They tind II just as troublesome
as We de- 10 get through pIuiougod
bad weather. They do not contract
pneumonia OF influenza. II is true. but
IN wet seasons they get low foyer and
dysont'rA, rhc FIRST symptoms ct low
fever IN caterpillar is change la
his complexion.
II hr Is 4 green caterpillar his beau
tiiul emerald coat turns slckll y,l-
1 La MA
plump body gets fiat anu nahbN soon
h' ~ 10" weak 10 cling 10 IS oak-
tr', perch,
Narur" has given him no instinct to
Keep out OF the drait and wet. and
unless ne has been rescued hN a pass
ING 'nr"m"ips,st ana taken into drs
quarters, hc Ii,s
la the cas-, of beetles. death viii
occur where thn slightest ducturlng
would pat things straight A c"leop-
tcrist once picked up dumhlc-dor
beetle ou U country road iu diving
condition.
Tho bis blue body had been dr,uch-
ed with rain. thuu dust had PASSED
over IL perhaps from motor car
ANA adhered, with the result that the
creature NaH DYING of -uttupJuuu THE
cnlooptcrist rinscd IL lu a n,ighuor-
ing pool aud ia 20 minutes 90 flrN
AWAY quite wei
THIS often happens with beetles.
ANA they do not appear 10 think of
hunting Tor water. IN, sam, creature
Is frequently Killed bS uoNious para.
site which collects in dense clusters
around tho Joints ot the legs just
exactly Nhcrp the beetle can't g,i al
them
pin point viii remove tbs
plague but there is nothing In ma
tnrc "a supply The remedy, aud the
crentpr" does not think of usug tvigs
OF thurns.
further and very qualu, disorder
~ species of mbccility some
beetles lose thrir sense of balance and
are constantly tumhling over ON their
backs n thoy dp this on smooth
nat surface th,y are $50 formed mat
th'y can never struggle over un tn
their legs again aud tho dire result
is starvation
Beasts ana birds ar, liable to com
sumption. pneumonia. distcmurr
CHAMBERS, diphthvtla. heart disease
and several other well known dsur-
d"rs. Consumption IA STATE Of ma
'urr h not common, nor n puru-
munia, hut occasionally a rabbit has
boon found sitting outside lbs hurroN,
shN,ring from head GO tail ANA sasp-
,us lur breath
II has come out, Ioncling there Is