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Title: The Angora cat; how to breed train and keep it;
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: James, Robert Kent, (from old catalog) ed
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Publisher: Boston, James bros.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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o be handled, nor lethim be fed out of cups or saucers which are likely tocome in contact with other cats during the exhibition.It is a wise policy for owners of valuable cats to providetheir own cups for feeding, and should any impropertreatment be the rule of the day at the exhibition anexhibitor has a perfect right to remove his animal fromthe show if he believes the animal is endangered orinjured while it is remaining. Another important thingto consider in the return of the cat is to see that it isplaced in its own box or basket, and that the labels areproperly attached and but one address is given. A greatmany of these small matters, which have been men-tioned and others which might have been mentioned, arespecially valuable in the sending and returning of catsto shows or any other places. Washing The care of the hair is very important. and From the birth of the kitten the skin should be watched and not allowed to get dry or humory. A small soft brush should be used for the first
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EXHIBITION AND TRANSPORTATION 35 ten weeks, and then a stronger one. Never comb thehair. It will greatly pull the hair and break it, whichwill in time cause the cat to lose much and shorten theremainder. Snarls will never appear if a cat is groomedeach day. The hair may be long and yet not silky. To makesoft, silky hair brushing is necessary. Much sickness iscaused by bathing the animal with medicated soaps, asit is naturaj for a cat to go over its body afterwards withits tongue, thus causing the poison to enter the stomach.In washing the cat, it is not specially necessary morethan once a month, unless it be a white specimen.When the hair becomes blackened, the cat should betaken to a warm place, and if not accustomed to water,should be gradually made to understand that the waterwill not harm it. Then bathe it a little with a softsponge, lathered with some good castile soap, bearingin mind always to rub down instead of up, thus prevent-ing the ruffling of the hair and breaking it. App

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