Uzigcina njani izilwanyana zakho zangaphandle zikhuselekile kwaye zishushu kobu Busika

Uninzi lwezigulo ezinxulumene nemozulu ebandayo zinento yokwenza nokuba sesichengeni kwingqele.Getty Imifanekiso

Imozulu yasebusika inokungakhululeki kwaye ibe yingozi kwizilo-qabane ezichitha ixesha elininzi ngaphandle. NgoJanuwari noFebruwari zezona nyanga zibanda kakhulu enyakeni, ngoko kubalulekile ukuba uzilungiselele ukugcina izilwanyana zasekhaya zikhululekile kwaye zikhuselekile ngexesha lokubanda.

Imozulu ebandayo ichaphazela izilwanyana zasekhaya ngendlela efanayo nabantu, utshilo uGqr Christine Rutter, uprofesa oncedisayo weklinikhi kwiKholeji yaseTexas A&M yeVeterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. Ucebisa ukuba kungeniswe izilwanyana ngaphakathi nanini na kubanda ngokwaneleyo ukuze abantu bazive bengakhululekanga ngaphandle. Ukuba izilwanyana zasekhaya zishiywe kwingqele ngaphandle kokhuseleko, iingxaki ezinzulu zempilo zingenzeka.

“Uninzi lwezigulo ezinxulumene nemozulu ebandayo zinento yokwenza nokuvezwa yingqele ngokwayo,” utshilo uRutter. Kwezinye iimeko zemozulu, i-hypothermia eqhelekileyo kunye neqabaka yeenzwane, iindlebe, imilebe, impumlo kunye nomsila ngokuqinisekileyo kunokwenzeka.

Uye wathi i-hypothermia inokubangela ukuba izilwanyana zasekhaya zibonakale zibuthuntu ngokwasengqondweni okanye zingahlali nabantu ngelixa iqabaka ibonakalisa ukudumba, izilonda ezibomvu. I-Frostbite ayenzeki kwiqondo elithile lobushushu, kodwa kunoko iphuma kwindibaniselwano yemozulu ebandayo, ukulahlekelwa bubushushu, kunye nokuhla kwegazi.

Ngokutsho kukaRutter, ezinye izilwanyana zasekhaya zivakalelwa ngokukhethekileyo kwimozulu ebandayo, kuquka ezo zindala, ezisandul’ ukuzalwa, zingaphantsi kobunzima bomzimba kunye nezincinane, kunye nezo zichetyiweyo.

Ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuzisa isilwanyana endlwini ngexesha lemozulu ebandayo, kukho iindlela ezininzi zokuzigcina zikhuselekile kwaye zifudumele. URutter ucebisa ukuba kusetyenziswe igaraji okanye igumbi lodaka kwindawo yokuhlala izilwanyana zasekhaya, okoko nje nayiphi na inkunkuma kunye neekhemikhali eziyingozi zingafikeleleki. Ukwathe ikhusi elincinane, elinje ngendlu yezinja, linokuzaliswa ngebhedi ukugcina isilwanyana sishushu.

“Undoqo kukuba inomnyango omncinci wokungena nokuphuma kwaye ikhuselwe emanzini, emoyeni, nakwidrafti,” utshilo uRutter. "Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba unike isilwanyana sakho umthombo wobushushu, singabi ngumlilo, icarbon monoxide, okanye nantoni na enokuba yingozi yombane."

Ucebisa ukuba kusetyenziswe irayisi okanye iingxowa ze-oat ezifudunyeziweyo, ukuba nje azishushu ngokwaneleyo ukuba zibangele ukutshisa.

URutter ukwakhumbuza abanikazi bezilwanyana zasekhaya ukuba ezinye izinto eziqhelekileyo zasebusika, eziquka ityuwa esecaleni kwendlela, ulwelo lwe-icing, nemichiza yemibhobho yokufaka ubusika, zinokuba yityhefu ezinjeni nasezikatini.

Ukuba isilwanyana sasekhaya siya kuba ngaphandle ixesha elifutshane, njengokuzilolonga, abanini-khaya banokuthatha amanyathelo aliqela ukuqinisekisa ukuba isilwanyana sasekhaya sihlala sishushu kwaye sikhululekile. U-Rutter ucebisa ukomisa izilwanyana zasekhaya emva kokuzilolonga, ukukhusela iinyawo zabo ngeebhutsi okanye i-waxy layer, kwaye uzinxibise ngedyasi ukunceda ukugcina ubushushu.

Nokuba awunaso isilwanyana sasekhaya esihlala ngaphandle, unokunceda ukugcina izilwanyana ezilahlekileyo kunye nezilwanyana zasekhaya zikhuselekile ebusika. URutter uthe iindawo zokuhlala zethutyana zingenziwa ngemigqomo yokugcina okanye iikeneli zokuhamba. Ukwacebisa ukubethelwa kwee-hood zemoto ngaphambi kokuba uqalise injini, kuba iikati zisenokuba ziye zakhasa phantsi kwe-hood ukuze zifudumale.

Kaninziiingcebiso zokhuseleko lwesilwanyana sasebusikaziquka:

1.Izilwanyana zasekhaya ezingaqhelananga nemozulu ebandayo akufuneki zishiywe ngaphandle xa ubushushu bemihla ngemihla bungaphantsi kwama-45 degrees Fahrenheit.

2.Ngaphambi kokuba ungene kwaye uqalise isithuthi sakho, betha ihood yemoto ngesandla sakho ukuze uqiniseke ukuba ikati efuna indawo yokusabela kubanda ayizange ingene enjinini.

3.Ukuba usebenzisa i-antifreeze qaphela ukucoca nayiphi na into echithekileyo. Izilwanyana zasekhaya zifana nencasa yeantifreeze kwaye iyabulala ukuba ityiwe, nakwimali encinci kakhulu.

I-4.Iimveliso ezisetyenziselwa ukunceda ukunyibilika komkhenkce zinokucaphukisa kakhulu ulusu nomlomo. Ezi mveliso zinokubangela ukuba isilwanyana sakho siphume kwaye sigabhe.

5.Ukusetyenziswa kwetyhefu kuyanda ebusika kuba iimpuku, iimpuku, kunye nezinye izilwanyana ezincinci zihlala zizama ukuhlasela amakhaya ethu zifuna indawo yokuhlala ebusika. Ukuba usebenzisa iityhefu ezijikeleze indlu qinisekisa ukuba azifikeleleki kwisilwanyana sakho sasekhaya.