Bathathe inja emgwaqeni: yini elandelayo?

Sonke sivame ukuhlangana nezilwane ezingenamakhaya, ikakhulukazi izinja. Uma unquma ukuthatha inja etholakele ekhaya, udinga ukulungiselela. Yini okufanele uyenze ukuze ukutholwa kungalethi izinkinga kumalungu omndeni wakho nezinye izilwane ezifuywayo?

Indlela yokuchitha usuku lokuqala?

Uma ucabangele ngokucophelela konke futhi wanquma ukugcina inja nawe, kuyadingeka ukwenza izinyathelo zokulungiselela.

• Okokuqala, nquma inja endaweni eyodwa. Kumele agcinwe ehlukene nezinye izilwane ezifuywayo kuze kube yilapho ebonwa udokotela wezilwane futhi agonywe. Khawulela ukufinyelela kwezingane ezincane nezilwane ezifuywayo kumqashi omusha. I-quarantine ingaba igumbi elihlukile noma elinye igumbi. Izitsha zamanzi nezokudla, kanye nezingubo zokulala nezinja, kufanele zigcinwe ekamelweni elilodwa nenja.

• Isilwane kumele sigezwe. Izinja eziningi azikwenqabi ukwelashwa kwamanzi, kodwa kufanele uqaphele. Inja elahlekile ingase ingakujwayele ukugeza, ngakho vikela izandla zakho nobuso bese ucela othile ekhaya ukuthi akusize. Uma isilwane sisincane, zama ukusigeza endishini. Ungafaka inja kubhavu noma ethreyini yeshawa kanye namanzi ukusuka phezulu ekhanda leshawa. Sebenzisa i-shampoo ekhethekile yezilwane, kufaka phakathi isenzo esikabili: lawa ma-shampoos ahlanza futhi alwe nama-parasites esikhumba. Ngemva kokugeza, inja kufanele yomiswe kahle ngethawula elithambile futhi iyekwe ukuze yome endaweni efudumele, engenaso uhlaka. Awudingi ukomisa isilwane ngomshini wokomisa izinwele - singesaba, futhi ukusha kungavela emoyeni oshisayo kakhulu.

• Thenga izinja zakho zokudlala, izitsha, intambo, nombhede. Khuluma nodokotela wakho wezilwane mayelana nokudla kwesilwane sakho esisha. Uchwepheshe uzokusiza ukuthi ukhethe ukudla okulinganiselayo ngokuhambisana neminyaka yenja kanye nezici zempilo yayo.

Vakashela udokotela wezilwane

Ngemuva kwazo zonke izinqubo zokulungiselela, kuyadingeka ukuvakashela emtholampilo wezilwane. Uchwepheshe uzohlola isilwane futhi enze izivivinyo ezidingekayo. Ngokusekelwe emiphumeleni yokuhlolwa, udokotela wezilwane uzonquma ngokugonywa kwenja, ukuvala inzalo nokucwiywa. 

Ngemuva kokuhlolwa kokuqala kwesilwane, udokotela wezilwane cishe uzobeka ukwelashwa okuyinkimbinkimbi kwama-parasites angaphakathi nangaphandle (ama-fleas, imikhaza, i-helminths) nezidakamizwa ezifanele ezenzelwe isisindo esithile sesilwane. 

Goma isilwane sakho kuqala kumarabi. Amarabi yisifo esibulalayo hhayi ezinjeni kuphela, kodwa nakubantu. Okwamanje awekho amakhambi alesi sifo. Ngaphezu komgomo wokugomela amarabi, inja izogonyelwa i-leptospirosis, i-canine distemper, i-parvovirus enteritis, i-adenovirus kanye ne-parainfluenza.

Udokotela wezilwane uzophinde akhulume nawe mayelana nobuhle nobubi bokubulala kanye nezilwane ezifuywayo ezincane. Kungcono ukuyibulala inja ukuze ugweme ukuziphatha okungafuneki ngesikhathi sokushisa kanye nemidlwane engenzeka. I-Chipping izokusiza ukuthi uthole inja yakho uma kwenzeka ibaleka ekuhambeni. Zombili izinqubo ngeke zithathe isikhathi esiningi, kodwa zizokusindisa ezinkingeni ezingase zibe khona.

Ukuhlalisana kwezilwane

Ngaphezu kwezinyathelo eziyinhloko ezihlobene nempilo yenja, kuyadingeka ukucabanga ngokuzivumelanisa nesilwane esifuywayo ezimweni ezintsha kuye. Uma uye wamukela inja efuywayo, khona-ke kungenzeka ukuthi isivele isiqeqeshelwe ukuya endlini yangasese ngaphandle, uhambe ngentambo futhi ungakhonkothi ngaphandle kwesizathu.

Uma inja ilahlekile, uzodinga isikhathi sokuyihlanganisa. Ngesikhathi sokuzihlukanisa, isilwane kufanele sijwayele i-diaper: ekuqaleni, uzoya endlini yangasese lapho. Ngemva kokuthola imiphumela yokuhlolwa kanye nemigomo, qala ukuqeqeshwa kokulalela. Okokuqala udinga ukufundisa inja ukuya endlini yangasese ngaphandle futhi uhambe nge-leash. Ngokuzayo, ungaqala ukufundisa amaqembu.

Unganqikazi ukuxhumana nochwepheshe - ama-cynologists anolwazi azokusiza ukuqeqesha isilwane sakho ngokuphumelelayo futhi uhlanganyele naso.

Uma inja oyikhethile indala, inqubo yokuxhumana nabantu ingase ithathe isikhathi eside. Kodwa i-puppy encane ingafunda ngokushesha ukulandela imiyalo elula futhi inikeze izwi lapho ifuna ukuya endlini yangasese. Nika inja yakho ukunaka okuningi ngangokunokwenzeka phakathi nezinsuku zayo zokuqala ekhaya lakho. Yiba nesineke, futhi esikhathini esizayo esiseduze uzokuvuza ngempumelelo yakhe.