. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. se areone and the samedisease takingdifferent forms inthese various animals,but whether that beso or not it is certainthat snuffles is averitable scourgeamongst pet is a catarrhalaffection, the rabbitconstantly sneezingand having a runningat the thisthere are oftenfeverish symptoms,the animal beingvery thirsty andrefusing its food,with the result that in a short time it becomes reduced incondition and is likely to die. There is nodoubt whatever that it is highly contagious,and, therefore, whe
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. se areone and the samedisease takingdifferent forms inthese various animals,but whether that beso or not it is certainthat snuffles is averitable scourgeamongst pet is a catarrhalaffection, the rabbitconstantly sneezingand having a runningat the thisthere are oftenfeverish symptoms,the animal beingvery thirsty andrefusing its food,with the result that in a short time it becomes reduced incondition and is likely to die. There is nodoubt whatever that it is highly contagious,and, therefore, whenever a rabbit shows signsof a cold it should be isolated from the others,and not be allowed to return to them untilthe symptoms have disappeared. The bestcourse of treatment for a rabbit with snuffles is to sponge its nostrils frequentlywith warm water to which a few drops ofcoal tar antiseptic have been added, and forinternal medicine give it a little jalap, whicha rabbit will readily take if it be mixed upwith barley meal into a paste, a few grains of FOX , the thouglit-reading cToi(See pp. 174-175.) sugar being added to sweeten it. B(j sure theanimal is kept in a warm but well-ventilatedroom, and if the attack be very severe let abronchitis kettle be used, adding a teaspoonfulof pure carbolic acid to the water thereinbefore starting it to steam. This often hasa wonderful effect upon any animal sufferingfrom bronchial and catarrhal affections. Neaelt all dogs are liable to skin diseasein some form or other, andwhen a dog suffers from aneruption the generality ofpeople say that he has the mange. As amatter of fact nineteen cases out of twentyof skin irritation indogs are not mangeat all, but is broughtabout by impuritiesin the blood as con-trasted with mange,which is caused by aparasite burrowingunder the skin andsetting up a pustulareruption which can-not be only occurs indogs kept under veryfilthy conditions;dogs well atte
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