Wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi abameleli balesi sizwe yizinja ezincane kunabo bonke emhlabeni. Ngonyaka ka-2007, uBu Bu omncane, owawubunzima wayene-10.16 cm kuphela, wabhalwa ngokusemthethweni eGuinness Book of Records. Kodwa lokhu akusho ukuthi lezi zilwane zingadla, kunokudabukisayo. Izingane ezishukumisayo nezomzimba zidla amandla amaningi, okumele zigcwalise njalo. Akuzona zonke izidlo ezivela etafuleni lethu lesidlo kuzoba usizo kubo. Ngemuva kwalokho, abantu bavame ukudla usawoti omningi, ushukela, ukudla okunamafutha noma okubukhali. Ukudla okunjalo kungalimaza kalula isilwane, kuholele ekubunjweni kwamatshe, ukuphazamiseka komuthi wamathumbu, ukwephulwa kwezinqubo zemithi. Ungondla kanjani isiChihuahua ukuze ungalimazi umzimba wakhe omncane ngengozi? Ake sizame ukuhlela kancane ngale nkinga enzima kumuntu oqalayo.
Iyini ukudla okungcono kakhulu kwe-chihuahua?
Uma unemali eyanele yokuthenga okulungiselelwe okwenziwe ngekhwalithi yekhwalithi eliphezulu, khona-ke le ndlela ingcono kakhulu kumthandi oqalayo, ongajwayele imithi yezilwane kanye nezokwelapha. Ukukhetha ukudla okungcono kakhulu kwe-Chihuahua esitolo, ababelethi bezinja abanolwazi balinakekile ngokuqinile komkhiqizi. Ukubuyekezwa okungalungile kwamukelwe amamaki alandelayo - i-Acana (Acana), i-Bosch (Bosch), i-Eukanuba (i-Eukanuba), i-Hills (i-Hills), i-Pedigree (Pedigri), i-Royal Canin (i-Royal Canin). Uma uthenga i-puppy, qiniseka ukuthi ubuza umzalisi ukuthi yini ingane ejwayele ukuyidla ngaphambi kwalokho. Mhlawumbe akufanele ushintshe ukudla ngokuqinile, futhi ungaqhubeka ukondla isilwane ngemikhiqizo yomkhiqizo ofanayo.
Ukondla ama- chihuahua puppies kungumsebenzi obuthakathaka. Ezinye izingane ziyi-gluttons ezimbi, futhi kuzodingeka zilawule ukudla okunomsoco. Ezinye izilwane zingenangqondo kakhulu, kufanele zibhekane nabanikazi kancane. Kungcono ukondla isilwane sakho ngesikhathi esithile nangengxenye encane. Uma ingane eneminyaka engu-2 ifanele idliwe izikhathi ezingu-6 ngosuku, kancane kancane kungenzeka ukunciphisa inani lokudla njalo ngenyanga, libalethe izikhathi eziphindwe kathathu for puppy enenyanga engu-6 ubudala. Unyaka owodwa u-chihuahua unelungelo lokudla kabili ngosuku. Akukona neze isidingo sokunikeza inja ukudla kakhulu, isidlo sokugcina singcono sidluliselwe ku-8 noma 9 ntambama kusihlwa.
Ukwengeza ukudla okomile kuChihuahua kwimenyu yenja kungabandakanya neminye imikhiqizo ewusizo. Amazambane angcono ukubilisa, futhi akhonze "inifomu" ngaphandle kasawoti. Amafutha anikezwa lawa bantwana ngendlela yokusanhlamvu. I-Kefirs, i-cottage cheese engenamafutha kanye nobisi olubhakawo oluvutshiwe nalo lizohambisana ne-chihuahua, linalo i-calcium eningi.