Kodi mungadziwe ngati mphaka wanu akufunika kuwonda? Amphaka amafuta ndi ofala kwambiri kotero kuti mwina simungazindikire kuti anu ali kumbali ya portly. Koma amphaka onenepa kwambiri komanso onenepa kwambiri tsopano amaposa omwe ali ndi thanzi labwino, ndipo ma vets akuwonanso amphaka onenepa kwambiri.

“Vuto kwa ife n’lakuti timakonda kuwononga amphaka athu, ndipo amphaka amakonda kudya, choncho n’kosavuta kudyerera pang’ono,” anatero Philip J. Shanker, DVM, mwini wa chipatala cha The Cat ku Campbell, CA.

Ndi chinthu choyenera kuchitenga mozama. Ngakhale mapaundi angapo owonjezera angapangitse chiweto chanu kukhala ndi zovuta zina zathanzi monga matenda a shuga a mtundu wa 2 ndikupangitsa ena, monga nyamakazi, kuipiraipira. Zingathenso kuwalepheretsa kudzikonza bwino. Kupewa kulemera kwakukulu kuyenera kupangitsa mphaka wathanzi, wosangalala.

Kunenepa Kwabwino Kwa Amphaka

Amphaka ambiri amphaka ayenera kulemera pafupifupi mapaundi 10, ngakhale kuti amatha kusiyana ndi mtundu ndi chimango. Mphaka wa Siamese amatha kulemera makilogalamu 5, pomwe Maine Coon amatha kulemera mapaundi 25 komanso wathanzi.

Veterinarian wanu akhoza kukudziwitsani ngati mphaka wanu ndi wonenepa kwambiri, koma pali zizindikiro zomwe mungayang'ane nokha, akutero Melissa Mustillo, DVM, dokotala wa ziweto ku A Cat Clinic ku Maryland. "Amphaka ayenera kukhala ndi mawonekedwe a hourglass pamene uwayang'ana pansi, sayenera kukhala ndi mimba yolendewera pansi, ndipo umatha kumva nthiti zawo," akutero. (Palinso chosiyana: mphaka yemwe anali wonenepa amakhalabe ndi "mimba yopunduka" ataonda.)

Momwe Mungasamalire Mapaundi

Veterani amati kulemera kwa amphaka nthawi zambiri kumabwera chifukwa cha mtundu ndi kuchuluka kwa chakudya chomwe amadyetsedwa, komanso kutopa kwakale.

“Akatopa, amaganiza kuti, ‘Ndipite kukadya. … O, tawonani mulibe chakudya m'mbale yanga, ndivutitsa amayi kuti ndipeze chakudya chochulukirapo,'” Mustillo akutero.

Ndipo akamalira, eni ake ambiri amalola kuti ziweto zawo zizisangalala.

Koma ndizotheka kupewa kapena kuchepetsa kunenepa:

Bwezerani chakudya chouma ndi zamzitini, zomwe zimakhala ndi mapuloteni ambiri komanso ma carbohydrate ochepa. Chakudya cham'zitini ndi njira yabwino yokhazikitsira nthawi yachakudya cha chiweto chanu. Amphaka ambiri amalemera pamene eni ake asiya mbale ya kibble youma kuti adye tsiku lonse.

Chepetsani zakudya. Amphaka amachita chimodzimodzi ndi mphotho zina, monga nthawi yosewera ndi inu.

Pangani mphaka wanu ntchito chakudya chake. Veterani apeza amphaka amakhala athanzi komanso odekha eni ake akamagwiritsa ntchito "mapuzzles azakudya," omwe mphaka amayenera kugudubuza kapena kuwongolera kuti apeze zakudya. Mutha kubisa zina m'zigawo za bokosi la vinyo kapena kudula mabowo ang'onoang'ono m'botolo lapulasitiki ndikudzaza ndi ma kibbles. Ma puzzles amachedwetsa kudya kwawo kwinaku akulowa m'malingaliro awo achilengedwe kuti azisaka ndi kudya.

Ngati muli ndi mphaka oposa mmodzi, mungafunikire kudyetsa mphaka wonenepa m'chipinda chosiyana kapena kuyika chakudya cha mphaka wathanzi m'mwamba pomwe mphaka wonenepa sangapite.

Ganizirani kugwiritsa ntchito microchip pet feeder, yomwe imapangitsa kuti chakudyacho chipezeke kwa nyama yomwe yalembedwa kwa wodyetsayo. Palinso ma tag apadera a kolala omwe ali njira ina ngati chiweto chanu chilibe microchip.

Musanaike mphaka wanu pazakudya, muyesetseni kuti mutsimikizire kuti alibe vuto lachipatala. Zitha kukhala zokwanira kusintha msipu wa tsiku lonse pankhokwe ndi zakudya zodziwika bwino. Koma mphaka wolemera angafunikire kusintha zakudya zam'chitini kapena zakudya zapadera zomwe zimakhala ndi mapuloteni, mavitamini, ndi mchere wambiri pa calorie.

Khalani oleza mtima, akutero Mustillo. “Ngati cholinga chanu n’chakuti [mphaka wanu] achepeko kilogalamu imodzi, zingakutengereni miyezi 6 yabwino, mwina mpaka chaka. Zikuchedwa kwambiri.”

Ndipo musachite mantha ngati mphaka wanu ali kumbali yokhotakhota, akutero Shanker. Veterinarian wanu angakuthandizeni.

Iye anati: “Ngati mphakayo ali wodzaza pang’ono, sizitanthauza kuti adzafa ndi matenda a mtima.

Chinthu chimodzi choyenera kukumbukira: Osafera mphaka wako ndi njala. Amphaka, makamaka akuluakulu, amatha kudwala chiwindi ngati sadya kwa masiku angapo.