HOW TO TREAT CATS.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 125, 28 May 1887, Page 3 (Supplement)

HOW TO TREAT CATS.

, Cats are seldom very Well treated ift Out country, but 1 am happy to say people are beginning to appreciate them far more, and to study their comforts. Yon would li^e your pussy to be really happy, • would ypu not ? Well, I'll try: to tell' yon in a few words how to make her so. First, then, she must have her full liberty out of doora or iri, so far as roaming • about all day ia eon* cerned. You: can teach her to be honest in two ways ~ you must feed her well fchred. times a day, giving her all she can eat, and then if she attempts to jump on the tables . chastise her across the pawa with' a little bit Of whalebone, which ought to be kept) for the purpose. But never strike the cab: with your hand or oyer the head even with the' Switch. Secondly, she may havft. food for breakfaat like that reoommerided for small dogs, but for dinner, she must have either hah or flesh. Boiled lights- folihg excellent food ; so does horseflesh. Thirdly} give her Water every day as well aamilkj arid lastly, teach hef to keep indoora all night •'.'.' '<'.* .. A cat, especially if sb^ have long fur, should be often brushed and coriibed—thia prevents rriatting, and keepaii the skin clear; . . . "When puaay has

kittens,-'some people destroy;them all at once. This is most cruel. ' One •or twa ought always to be left, and for these yoit should try to find good homes. Feed you* pussy abundantly—cats eat more tha_» many; people would suppose; ■'lovei.hef 'and make" much of her and ■,she will /keep the1 'house- well clear of h-ica 'arid rats too. But a starred catienevera good' mouser. Cats love a kind masbei ot mistress far better than they do the houss in Which they dwell. The reverse is'gener**' 'ally be'lieyed,' butl1 could produce.athoiis*' and lovers of the-feline race to prove'that Svh'at l'-'say'is ■correct../■ Never 'leave your cab alone ab hpme when going away^on a holiday;' If no one is going to be lefb in ;the house, giv^ her to sorile kind neighbour to'keep'f'or'you; '-'Brit's, better plan isttt. 'take herewith you inabaeket. "-A'e&twill make* herself'at'home anywhere with those ofwhom'Sheisfond. '•"-': ,;i'' ' -1-' rf!J--&