Ingabe omiyane baluma izinja? Ngeshwa, impendulo inguyebo, kunjalo. Futhi uma ungakuvimbi ukulunywa omiyane, inja yakho isengozini yesifo sezikelemu. Yingakho kubaluleke kakhulu ukutshala izimali ezibulala omiyane ezinjeni.
Omiyane abamane balume izinja
Akuwena wedwa ongase ubhekwe njengokwelapha omiyane phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo. Omiyane bangase balume inja yakho.1 Ngokuvamile zidonseleka ezindaweni ezibanzi zenja yakho, njengemilenze yangemuva noma yangemuva, kodwa zingaluma umdlwane wakho noma kuphi. Izinja zivame ukulunywa wumiyane amahora ambalwa kakhulu.
Kodwa ukulunywa akuyona into embi kakhulu ngomiyane. Kwesinye isikhathi izinja zingathola izikelemu ngenxa yokulunywa omiyane. Ukulunywa umiyane othelelekile kungangenisa izikelemu ezingavuthiwe ezibizwa ngokuthi i-microfilariae egazini lenja yakho. Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa, zimila enhliziyweni yenja yakho futhi ziqale ukukhula. Uma umiyane uluma inja enegciwane, ungadlulisela izikelemu zenhliziyo kwezinye izinja, uqhubeke nomjikelezo wokutheleleka.
Omiyane bangabangela nezinye izifo, njenge-West Nile virus noma i-Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). Zombili lezi zinhlobo azivamile ezinjeni, kodwa kungenzeka ukubamba.2 Izinja zingakwazi futhi ukuthola igciwane leZika kusuka omiyane, kodwa lokhu akucaci ngokuphelele njengoba izimo zingavamile kakhulu.3 Wonke la magciwane angaba yingozi uma omiyane abanaleli gciwane beluma abantu, okungesinye isizathu sokuvikela ikhaya lakho ezilwaneni ezidla ezinye ezinwabuzelayo.
Zama umuthi oxosha izinja
Ukuvikela inja yakho omiyane kubalulekile ukuze uvikele umdlwane wakho ku-heartworm. Lokhu kulula ukukwenza ngemithi exosha omiyane eyenzelwe izinja ngqo. Ungathenga nezinto ezixosha amazeze nemikhaza, ezizophinde zixoshe omiyane.
I-Adams Flea and Tick Collar for Dogs and Puppies ixosha omiyane* isikhathi esingafika ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ngekhola ngayinye. Iphakheji ngayinye iza namakholomu amabili, ahlinzeka ngekhava unyaka ogcwele. Amakholomu anosayizi owodwa ayakwazi ukulungiseka futhi awangeni amanzi. Njengoba iklanywe ngobuchwepheshe obuhlala isikhathi eside, lawa makola ahle kakhulu ekuvimbeleni amazeze namakhizane amadala.
I-Adams Plus Flea & Tick Spot On for Dogs iwumkhiqizo wesihloko ongasetshenziswa enjeni yakho exosha futhi ebulale omiyane. Umkhiqizo futhi ubulala amazeze amadala kanye nemikhaza futhi uvimbele ukuphindaphinda kwamazeze kuze kube yizinsuku ezingama-30 ukwelashwa ngakunye.
Ngaphezu kokuvikela inja yakho, ungakwazi futhi ukuvikela igceke lakho. Gwema amanzi amile lapho omiyane bengazala khona, futhi ungayikhiphi inja yakho ngaphandle uma kuhwalala noma ekuseni lapho omiyane begcwele khona. Uma ufuna ukuyisa "ukuvikela omiyane" kwakho ezingeni elilandelayo, ungaqhubeka uvikele izimbungulu nge-Adams Yard & Garden Spray. Lesi sifutho asibulali omiyane kuphela, kodwa sibulala namazeze, imikhaza nezintuthwane.
Ngeshwa, omiyane banesithakazelo enja yakho njengoba benesithakazelo kuwe. Yingakho kubalulekile ukuthi ube nekhambi elihle lokuxosha omiyane kanye nokwelapha igceke lakho. Ngokulungiselela okuncane, wena nomdlwane wakho ningajabulela ukuzijabulisa kwangaphandle okuningi ngendlela enithanda ngayo ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngezinambuzane ezibhuzayo ezilimaza ubumnandi bakho.
1. UMahaney, uPatrick. "Ukulunywa Kwezinambuzane Eziyisi-7 Ezinjeni Nasemakati." I-PetMD, Ephreli 24, 2015, https://www.petmd.com/dog/slideshows/parasites/common-bug-bites-on-dogs-cats?view_all=1.
2. Uhulumeni omkhulu. "I-WNV ne-EEE ezilwaneni". Mass.gov, https://www.mass.gov/service-details/wnv-and-eee-in-animals.
3. Inyuvesi yase-Illinois e-Urbana-Champaign, eKolishi Lokwelapha Kwezilwane. "Ingabe isilwane sami singalithola igciwane leZika?" VetMed.Illinois.Edu, Septhemba 29, 2016, https://vetmed.illinois.edu/pet_column/zika-virus-pets/#:~:text=Yebo, abanye bayakwenza, ukuphendula kwamasosha omzimba kugciwane.
*ngaphandle kweCalifornia