Meat and fish should be fresh. Dogs
and cats have been poisoned by eating pieces of old meat and fish."
"I thought cats lived on mice," said Philip.
Mrs. Grant smiled.
"I am afraid that your kitty will starve if she has no food but the mice
she finds here," she said. "Perhaps there are a few in the barn. Never
let her tease a mouse, Philip. If you take the mice away from her when
she plays with, them, she will learn, in time, to kill her prey
quickly."
"Fred's cat eats asparagus," said Philip.
"Yes; cats need some vegetable food. They usually like corn, string
beans, boiled rice, potatoes, cabbage, and even carrots. Oatmeal, very
thoroughly cooked, is an excellent food for them. If you give your
kitten corn to eat, you must scrape it carefully off the cob in such a
way that she will get only the inside of the kernel. I cut it for you,
you know, so that the empty hulls are left clinging to the cob."
"May she have all the milk she wants?" asked Philip.
"I think so," said Mrs. Grant, "if you feed her regularly and not too
often, and if you are sure that the milk is fresh and good. In summer it
is well to scald the milk, and it is safer to do this in winter also, if
there is any doubt about its freshness.
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