. The domesticated silver fox. Silver fox. TIIF. DOMESTICATED SILVER FOX. 19. sidered good for foxes in warm weather. Coarser fishes are some- times used, but are not very much in favor. It is not deemed well to feed milk and fish on the same day. Milk and eggs are often given to females about the time cubs are expected, to strengthen them, relax their bowels, and allay fever. Fish, liver, and tripe are other laxative foods which may be used instead of milk and eggs. A diet of eggs, milk, mush, and wheat bread without leaven or salt is ex- cellent. The preparation of food for foxes deserves ca
. The domesticated silver fox. Silver fox. TIIF. DOMESTICATED SILVER FOX. 19. sidered good for foxes in warm weather. Coarser fishes are some- times used, but are not very much in favor. It is not deemed well to feed milk and fish on the same day. Milk and eggs are often given to females about the time cubs are expected, to strengthen them, relax their bowels, and allay fever. Fish, liver, and tripe are other laxative foods which may be used instead of milk and eggs. A diet of eggs, milk, mush, and wheat bread without leaven or salt is ex- cellent. The preparation of food for foxes deserves careful attention. All dishes should be kept clean. Meat that is diseased, tainted, or in- fected with parasites must be boiled. It is better to skin rabbits, as their hair readily felts and sometimes forms in balls in the stomachs of animals which feed on them. Their heads and entrails also should be re- moved, as these parts are frequently in- fested with parasites. Smelts and small trout may be fed whole, but larger fish FlG- 20.âsection of a fence . lii n i 11 i 11 containing a smooth zone to should be dressed and the backbones re- protect foxes from injury moved. Chilled meat should be warmed â from failing. Concrete foun- .... ~, , , . dation and iron posts. before being ottered to cubs or nursing fe- males. Oatmeal or cornmeal mush should be thoroughly cooked. All food for sick animals should be cooked to make it more digest- ible and to free it from disease germs. Foxes should be fed regularly twice a day, morning and evening. This is especially important in hot weather, as whatever is left from the first meal will spoil before time for the next. By giving at each feeding only the proper quantity the injurious effects of gorging can be avoided. Overfeeding is more dangerous than underfeeding. Foxes that are to be slaughtered for their pelts are well fed during the autumn months, as the finest skins usually come from fat animals. Brood animals, on the other hand, are kep
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