The first symptons of this disease are loss of appetite, and a pained look in the eyes; the animal usually "squats" on its front legs and does not curl round when asleep; the breathing becomes very rapid.

When you hold your ear against the lungs (which are located just under the front legs) a harsh grating noise can be heard with each breath, sometimes this noise can be heard at some distance from the cat.

First place the patient in a small compartment or cage about two by three feet, keep in a good clear atmosphere at a temperature of 60° to 650, allowing no draughts, place an old blanket on the floor; the sanitary pan must be removed, as when the pain becomes severe they will always crawl to the coolest spot and will be found lying in the earth or sand pan; any little accident like this causes another chill and means death to the cat, so only have the sanitary pan placed in the cage when someone is present.

No time must be lost in treating this disease; it is usually a case of kill or cure in twenty-four hours, therefore, immediate steps must be taken and the patient watched continuously until eased, otherwise there is no hope of recovery; if the case is hopeless the cat should be chloroformed; never allow them to suffer unnecessarily. Now to return to the treatment; clip all the hair off between the front legs, then make a bag about six by eight inches; this should be of flannel if possible, sewing tapes across about two inches from the end, leaving the tapes long enough to tie around the neck and around the body just behind the front legs, thus hanging the bag between the front legs; this bag should be filled with bran, not full enough to make it hard and heavy; place this on an enamel or tin plate, covering another one over it; if the oven is very hot leave the bag in the oven until quite hot through; it will be necessary to make two bags so as to have one hot ready to put on as the other is taken off; the chest should not be left uncovered a minute. Before applying the hot bag laudanum may be sprinkled over it each time; this eases the pain. I do not advise mustard, as any burning sensation is apt to frighten a cat so much as to cause more harm than good.

The great point in curing pneumonia is to keep as much heat as possible on the lungs. It is of course much better to nurse the cat on your lap and keep it covered while these bran poultices are being applied, but if this is impossible keep the cat as I mentioned before, in a small place all covered with a warm blanket and look occassionally to see that it has not crawled out through the tapes on the bag so as to misplace the poultice.

These bran bags should be changed about every two hours, and at least twice or three times during the night fresh laudanum should be sprinkled on the bag before every application.

I once cured a bad case in a six months' kitten by this method in twelve hours, even though I was not able to be with the patient all the time.

I found the kitten breathing in great distress and making so much noise as to be heard at the other end of the room, and in such pain she was not able to rest a minute, although she was apparently perfectly well the night before.

I followed out the above treatment and after twelve hours the breathing was normal and the kitten wanted to eat and climb out of its pen; this kitten grew into one of my best cats and one from which I have bred many winners.

After the breathing becomes normal and the patient shows signs of being much better remove the poultice and in its place make a flannel jacket by taking a strip of flannel about eight inches wide and long enough to go around the cat's body, then cut two holes about the size of a fifty cent piece, cut little slits around these holes to leave room for the upper part of the leg, and yet to keep the flannel up close, these holes should be about in the middle of the strip and the right distance apart between the legs, according to the size of the cat; now inside this flannel should be laid a good thick wad of absorbent cotton to replace the hair which has been cut off, sew this cotton to the flannel, then place the cat's two front legs through the holes and sew the two ends of flannel at the back of the neck and back. Be sure it is not too tight and allow it to come well up on the chest.

The next problem is to remove this jacket without giving the patient a chill; to do this remove a little piece of the absorbent cotton at a time until there is nothing left but the flannel, then continue removing this in the same way, not taking the last piece off until the weather is suitable.

A rattling noise in the bronchial tubes and chest will sometimes be heard for months afterwards; if there is any cough give a little vaseline on the mouth or tongue two or three times a day.

Remember after pneumonia a cat cannot be allowed to "rough it" until it has quite grown out of any weakness. During the illness great care should be given to the diet. Liquids only should be given during the first stages, the best then is raw beef juice. (See invalid diet.) It may be necessary to give this with a spoon or syringe through the mouth. Nourishment should be given every two hours and nothing solid until the breathing is normal, then give scraped raw beef moistened with lime-water, raw eggs beaten up with a little condensed milk and water; also give quinine for a tonic, a one grain pill night and morning for a cat, or a half grain pill for a kitten; give this tonic for two or three weeks, should it agree with the patient, but should it make the cat vomit, it should be discontinued; give instead a good pinch of saccha-rated carbonate of iron twice a day, mixed with food; if this should act as a laxative give less.

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A good raw meat diet should be continued for some months, as this disease leaves the patient in a very low state.