Kugcine ukubuyekezwa ngoSepthemba 5, 2024 ngu Izinja Vets
Ukudla kwezinja kuqhamuke kude nenhlobonhlobo yasengadini yakho yenkukhu noma yenkomo. Manje, konke kumayelana nokomile, okusemathinini, okusamanzi kancane, okwenziwe ekhaya noma okuphilayo. Ingqondo iyaphithizela.
Kungase kudideke ukuma endaweni yokudla kwesilwane esifuywayo futhi ungazi ukuthi ungaqala kuphi, ikakhulukazi uma ungumzali wesilwane esifuywayo okokuqala ngqa. Ngethemba, lesi sihloko sizokunikeza ukuqonda okungcono kokuthi ungakhetha kanjani ukudla kwenja okufanele kwengane yakho enoboya.
#1. Imihlahlandlela ye-AAFCO
I-Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) yinhlangano engenzi nzuzo elawula ukuthengiswa nokusatshalaliswa kokudla kwezilwane. Lokhu kubandakanya ukudla kwezilwane ezifuywayo.
Abakhiqizi bokudla kwezinja e-US kufanele bathobele imihlahlandlela ethile ebekwe yi-AAFCO. Ukudla kwesilwane esifuywayo okugunyazwe inhlangano kufanele kuqukathe okulandelayo kulebula:
- Isitatimende sokwanela kokudla okunomsoco
- Ukuhlaziya okuqinisekisiwe
- Uhlu lwezithako
I-PetMD ithi amalebula amaningi okudla kwezinja akhiwe kakhulu ukumaketha. Izigaba ezimbili okufanele kugxilwe kuzo wuhlu lwezithako nokuhlaziywa okuqinisekisiwe. Lesi sakamuva sichaza amanani amancane naphezulu wemisoco ebalulekile. Amaprotheni kufanele abe nephesenti eliphezulu kakhulu. I-AAFCO incoma amazinga amancane angu-22.5% okudla komdlwane kanye no-18% ekudleni kwenja yabantu abadala.
#2. Izithako Ezibalulekile
Ukudla kwezinja okuhle kufanele ibe nezakhi ezintathu ezibalulekile ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umdlwane wakho unokudla okunempilo, okunomsoco. Amaprotheni ezilwane angumthombo oyinhloko futhi angafika ngesimo senyama, inkukhu, inyama yenkomo, inhlanzi noma i-turkey. Amakhabhohayidrethi emvelo namafutha anempilo abaluleke ngendlela efanayo ekudleni kwe-pooch yakho.
I-fiber yokudla iyisakhi esivame ukunganakwa. Balawula uhlelo lokugaya ukudla futhi basize ukugcina amazinga kashukela egazini. Ochwepheshe bokudla kwezilwane ezifuywayo bayeluleka ukuba uqhelelane nezithako ezingenazo izincazelo njengokuthi "imikhiqizo", "izithasiselo zokwenziwa", "amafutha ajwayelekile kanye namaprotheni".
#3. Ukudla Kwezinja Okuthengwe Esitolo
Ukudla kwezilwane ezifuywayo ezithengiswayo kuthatha ukuqagela ngaphandle kokuzama ukuthola inani elifanele lemisoco edingwa yinja yakho. Kuyafaneleka futhi kuthatha isikhathi esincane noma asikho nhlobo ukuzilungiselela.
Imikhiqizo ithatha ingubo eqhubekayo futhi yamukela imikhuba yokuziphatha ekutholeni izithako zabo. Ukudla kwezilwane ezifuywayo okutholakala ngokuqaphela ikakhulukazi inyama yenkomo ekhuliswe ngokobuntu, ekhululekile futhi ayinawo ama-antibiotic. Futhi akukhona nje ukudla okumanzi. Ngaphambilini, kibble nokunye ukudla kwenja eyomile zazibhekwa njengezinye ezisezingeni eliphansi kunozakwabo abasemathinini. Manje amabhrendi enza ukudla kwawo kwezinja ezomile kube nomsoco, okugcwele amaprotheni kanye ne-yummy flavour.
Mhlawumbe inzuzo enkulu yokudla kwenja okuthengwa esitolo ukuthula kwengqondo. Ongoti bezokudla kwezilwane baqashwe ukwenza izindlela zokupheka ukuze bahlangabezane nezidingo zokudla zesilwane sakho esifuywayo, ngokusekelwe eminyakeni yobudala kanye nohlobo. Isibhedlela i-River Road Animal Hospital sithi uma ilebula lokudla liqukethe “okuphelele nokulinganayo,” lihlangabezana nezimfuneko ze-AAFCO.
Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukudla kwesilwane sakho esifuywayo kutholakala ngendlela efanele, i-Open Farm iphakamisa ukuthi uhlole ilebula ye-Certified Humane ukuze uqinisekise ukuthi abahlinzeki basebenzisa izindlela zokulima ezinomthwalo wemfanelo.
#4. Ukudla Kwezinja Okuzenzela
Njengoba ukuduma kwezindawo zokudlela ezifuywayo kanye nezindawo zokudlela zezinja kukhula, ngokufanayo nabazali bezilwane ezifuywayo bakhipha zonke izitobhi futhi bakhela imidlwane yabo izitsha zesitayela se-gourmet. Njengokupheka ukudla zisuka nje, kungase kudle isikhathi. Ukuthola izithako ngendlela efanele kudinga ukugxilisa ingqondo. Ngokujabulisayo, i-inthanethi iwumthombo omuhle kakhulu wokukhuthaza izindlela zokupheka nezinja.
Kodwa akubona bonke ongoti bezilwane abasekhasini elifanayo uma kuziwa ekudleni kwenja okuzenzela. I-American Kennel Club (AKC) yeluleka abazali bezilwane ezifuywayo ukuthi benze iphutha futhi ixwayisa ngokuthi izindlela zokupheka eziningi azibuyekezwa ochwepheshe ekunikezeni ukudla okunomsoco, okunomsoco.
Abanikazi bezilwane ezifuywayo kufanele bacabangele iminyaka yezinja zabo, ubukhulu kanye nempilo. Kunconywa ukuthi ungaphakeli umdlwane wakho ukudla kwenja eyenziwe ekhaya uma ungaphansi konyaka ubudala noma ukhulelwe.
#5. I-Dog Allergies
Ungase ungazi ngisho nokuthi i-pooch yakho inokungezwani komzimba kuze kube yilapho iqala ukuvutha. Okunye ukudla kwezinja kuqukethe izithako ezifana nokolweni nesoya. Izithasiselo namadayi okudla angadlala umonakalo ngezinhlelo zawo. Uma i-pup yakho ine-allergies futhi unamathele endleleni yokwengeza ekudleni kwayo, xhumana nodokotela wakho wezilwane njalo. Bazokwazi ukusungula inkambo yokwenza ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi ingane yakho enoboya ithola umsoco obuningi.
Gwema ukudla okuqukethe izinto eziningi ezilondolozayo, isoya, ukolweni nommbila. I-AKC ithi ukugwema imikhiqizo yezilwane kanye nama-flavour okwenziwa. Qinisekisa ukuthi ukudla kwabo kuseduze nemvelo ngangokunokwenzeka. Ubungeke udle izithako ongazazi, pho kungani ukuphakela izilwane ezifuywayo? Njengoba nje inja yakho iqhubeka ikhula, kanjalo nezidingo zabo zokudla okunomsoco. Qiniseka ukuthi basesigabeni esifanele sokudla kwezinja futhi uziyise ukuze uyohlolwa njalo.
