Ngaba uyazi ukuba ikati yakho ifuna ukuthoba? Iikati ezityebileyo ziqhelekile kangangokuba usenokungaqondi nokuba eyakho ikwicala le-portly. Kodwa iikati ezityebileyo nezityebileyo ngoku zodlula ezo zinobunzima obusempilweni, kwaye ii-vets zibona iikati ezityebe kakhulu, nazo.

UPhilip J. Shanker, uDVM, ongumnini weSibhedlele iThe Cat eCampbell, CA uthi: “Ingxaki yethu kukuba sithanda ukonakaliswa iikati zethu, yaye iikati ziyathanda ukutya, ngoko kulula ukutyeba kancinane ngokugqithisileyo.

Yinto ekufuneka ithathelwe ingqalelo. Nokuba iikhilogram ezimbalwa ezongezelelweyo zinokwenza isilwanyana sakho sasekhaya sibe lula ukufumana iingxaki zempilo ezifana nohlobo lwesi-2 seswekile kwaye zenze ezinye, ezifana nesifo samathambo, zibe mandundu. Isenokude ibathintele ekuzilungiseni ngokufanelekileyo. Ukugcina ubunzima obugqithisileyo kufuneka kukhokelela kwikati enempilo, eyonwabileyo.

Ubunzima obufanelekileyo beekati

Uninzi lweekati ezifuywayo kufuneka zilinganise malunga neekhilogram ezili-10, nangona oko kunokwahluka ngokuzala kunye nesakhelo. Ikati yeSiamese inobunzima obungangeekhilogram ezi-5, ngelixa iMaine Coon inokuba neekhilogram ezingama-25 kwaye isempilweni.

Ugqirha wakho wezilwanyana unokukwazisa ukuba ikati yakho ityebe kakhulu, kodwa kukho imiqondiso onokuzijonga ngokwakho, utshilo uMelissa Mustillo, DVM, ugqirha wezilwanyana kwikliniki yekati eMaryland. Uthi: “Iikati kufuneka zibe nalo mfanekiso wehourglass xa uzijonge ezantsi, akufuneki zibe nesisu esihexayo esijingayo, kwaye kufuneka ukwazi ukuva iimbambo zazo. (Kukho into eyahlukileyo: ikati ebityebe kakhulu kusenokwenzeka ukuba isenayo “isisu esibuhlungu” emva kokuncipha.)

Uzigcina njani iiponti zivaliwe

Oogqirha bezilwanyana bathi ubunzima beekati buhlala buhla kuhlobo kunye nobuninzi bokutya abatyiswayo, kunye nokudinwa kwakudala.

“Xa bekruqukile, baye bacinge ukuba, ‘Ndisenokuya kutya. … Owu, jonga akukho kutya esityeni sam, ndiza kusokolisa umama ngokutya okunye,'” utshilo uMustillo.

Kwaye xa bencwina, abaninimzi abaninzi bayanikezela ukuze bagcine izilwanyana zabo zonwabile.

Kodwa kunokwenzeka ukukhusela okanye ukunciphisa ubunzima:

Faka endaweni yokutya okomileyo ngenkonkxiweyo, edla ngokuba neprotheyini eninzi kunye neecarbohydrates ezimbalwa. Ukutya okunkonkxiweyo kukwayindlela elungileyo yokumisela amaxesha okutya ahlukileyo kwisilo-qabane sakho. Iikati ezininzi zifumana ubunzima xa abanini beshiya isitya se-kibble eyomileyo ukuze badle imini yonke.

Nciphisa ukutya. Iikati zenza kanye neminye imivuzo, njengexesha lokudlala nawe.

Yenza ikati yakho isebenzele ukutya kwayo. Oogqirha bezilwanyana bafumanise ukuba iikati zisempilweni kwaye zizolile xa abanini bazo besebenzisa “iiphazili zokutya,” ekufuneka ikati iqengqeleke okanye izenze ukuze ifumane unyango. Unokuzifihla ezinye kumacandelo ebhokisi yewayini okanye unqumle enye okanye imingxuma encinci kwibhotile yeplastiki kwaye uyigcwalise ngeekibbles. Iiphazili zicothisa ukutya kwazo ngelixa zingena kwithuku lendalo lokuzingela kunye nokutya.

Ukuba unekati engaphezulu kwenye, kusenokufuneka umondle etyebe kakhulu kwigumbi elahlukileyo okanye ubeke ukutya kwekati enobunzima obusempilweni phezulu apho ingakwaziyo ukuya khona.

Cinga ngokusebenzisa i-microchip pet feeder, eyenza ukutya kufumaneke kuphela kwisilwanyana esibhaliswe kweso sondlo. Kukho neethegi ezikhethekileyo zekhola eziyenye indlela ukuba isilwanyana sakho asinayo i-microchip.

Ngaphambi kokuba ubeke ikati yakho ekutyeni, yithathe uye kuvavanyo lomzimba ukuze uqiniseke ukuba abanayo ingxaki yonyango. Kunokwanela ukutshintsha idlelo yemini yonke eqabeni ngezidlo ezichaziweyo. Kodwa ikati enzima kunokufuneka ukuba itshintshele ekutyeni ukutya okunkonkxiweyo okanye ukutya okumiselweyo okukhethekileyo okuneprotheyini eninzi, iivithamini kunye neeminerali ngekhalori nganye.

Yiba nomonde, utshilo uMstillo. Ukuba usukelo lwakho kukuba [ikati yakho] ilahlekelwe ngeponti, inokuthabatha iinyanga ezi-6 ezintle, mhlawumbi ukuya kutsho kunyaka. Iyacotha kakhulu.”

Kwaye ungothuki ukuba ikati yakho ikwicala eligoso, utshilo uShanker. Ugqirha wakho wezilwanyana unokukunceda.

"Ukuba ikati igcwele kancinci, oko akuthethi ukuba baya kufa sisifo sentliziyo," utshilo.

Inye into omele uyikhumbule: Ungaze ulambe ikati yakho. Iikati, ngakumbi ezinkulu, zinokungena esibindini ukuba azityi nokuba ziintsuku ezimbalwa.