. The Bird food company's book of cage birds: . t efforts to evacuate. For this, give three drops of castor oil. It is no easy matter to administer castor oil to a full-grown and strong-beaked Parrot, unless you know how. The proper way is to have a piece of hard wood, about a quarter of an inch thick and three-quarters of an inch wide; in the centre bore a hole. Open the Parrots beak, sHp in the wood, and put a quill or a glass tube through the hole, and then drop the NO. 3. castor oil into the plucking out of the feathers is nearly always caused by indulgence in animal food, or too
. The Bird food company's book of cage birds: . t efforts to evacuate. For this, give three drops of castor oil. It is no easy matter to administer castor oil to a full-grown and strong-beaked Parrot, unless you know how. The proper way is to have a piece of hard wood, about a quarter of an inch thick and three-quarters of an inch wide; in the centre bore a hole. Open the Parrots beak, sHp in the wood, and put a quill or a glass tube through the hole, and then drop the NO. 3. castor oil into the plucking out of the feathers is nearly always caused by indulgence in animal food, or too much hemp seed. The best thing to do is to bathe the bare places with a decoction ofdilutedoxgall,and diet thebirds on plaincanary seed,andput a teaspoon-ful of Bird Bittersdaily in the softfood. Impure water,stale food, orwant of sand,will produce sur-feit. The head,and sometimesthe back, be-comes coveredwith angry sores,which dischargea humor of soacrid a characterthat wherever itruns it removesDissolve a quarter of a pound of salt or half a. NO. 4. the feathers. BIRD FOOD COMPANYS BOOK OP CAGE BIRDS. 65 pound of loaf sugar in a quart of water, and bathethe parts affected twicea day. Dry the sores thor-oughly, and anoint themwith olive oil. The dietshould be as simple as pos-sible. Boiled rice, contain-ing a teaspoonful of ParrotFood, and half a teaspoon-ful of Bird Bitters, is thebest food, while the surfeitcontinues, and nothing elseshould be given, but keepthe bird warm. The want of properwarmth will sometimes pro-duce inflammation. Thesymptoms are, melancholy,and a disposition to go toroost while it is yet day-light. If you blow up thefeathers of the belly, youwill find the extreme parts
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