IChihuahua ibonakala ngobukhulu bayo obuncane, isifonyo esincane nezindlebe ezimbili ezinkulu ezingunxantathu.

Izinwele : kunezinhlobonhlobo ezinezinwele ezinde nezinhlobonhlobo zezinwele ezimfishane.

Usayizi (ukuphakama kuyabuna): 15 kuya ku-25 cm.

Isisindo : kusuka ku-1 kuye ku-3 ​​kg.

Ukwahlukaniswa kwe-FCI : N ° 218.

EYurophu, iChihuahua yaziwa kuphela kusukela ekupheleni kwekhulu le-1923. Noma kunjalo ibigujwa amakhulu eminyaka eMexico, izwe lendabuko yayo, futhi ngokunembe kakhulu esifundeni esanikeza igama layo esilwaneni. Bekungaba okwenziwa yimpucuko yaseToltec futhi kamuva, kusukela ngekhulu le-1953, ama-Aztec ayiphakamisela ezingeni lobunkulunkulu be-quasi. Njengoba yayizonyamalala okuthile ngokuhlaselwa kweMexico ngabanqobi baseSpain ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX, kwakuse-United States - lapho kwasheshe kwaduma khona kakhulu - lapho lolu hlobo lwaqhubeka khona. I-American Chihuahua Club yasungulwa e-XNUMX futhi kuze kube yi-XNUMX lapho iClub du Chihuahua du Coton de Tuléar et des Exotique (CCCE) yasungulwa eFrance.

Kuvame ukushiwo ngeChihuahua ukuthi ubuntu obukhulu obubambeke emzimbeni omncane. Amakhosi akhe asamchaza njengomuntu owayekhuthele, ephapheme futhi enesibindi. Unothando kwabasondelene naye, kodwa kubantu angabazi kuyindaba ehluke ngokuphelele. Ukuhlangana kwakhe kwasekuqaleni kuyisihluthulelo sokuzethemba kwakhe okuza kuqala kunokuqapha kwakhe kubantu angabazi. Akanqikazi ukukhombisa ngokuhlelekile noma yikuphi ubukhona obungaziwa ngokukhonkotha futhi azi ukuthi ungaba ngumuntu onegunya kanjani. Ngakho-ke isidingo sokumenza aqonde indawo yakhe nesikhundla sakhe phakathi komndeni kusukela esemncane.

Uhlobo luthathwa njengolunempilo, yize iChihuahua inesifo sezifo ezimbalwa, phakathi kwazo:

Isifo se-mitral valve esiwohlozayo: yisifo senhliziyo esivame kakhulu ezinjeni, sibala u-75% wazo zonke izimo zenhliziyo. (1) Ithinta kakhulu izinja ezincane njenge-Dachshund, i-Poodle, i-Yorkshire ngakho-ke i-Chihuahua. Lesi sifo, esikhula ngobuqili nokuguga, ngokuvamile sitholakala ngenhlanhla. Itholakala ngokuthokozisa kwenhliziyo nge-stethoscope futhi ukuxilongwa kuhlanjululwa yi-x-ray ne-ultrasound. Kuze kube manje, akukho ukwelashwa okwelaphayo, kodwa imithi ingabambezela ukuqhubeka kwayo.

Ukuhlukaniswa okuzalwa kwe-patella: lesi simo samathambo yisona esivame kakhulu futhi sithinta kaningi izinja ezizalisayo. Abesifazane mancane amathuba okuthi babe yizisulu zako kunabesilisa. Ukukhishwa akuhlali kuhambisana nezibonakaliso zomtholampilo ezifana nokuqhwala kodwa, ngokuphambene nalokho, kungabangela ukuphuka kwemigqa ye-cruciate. (2)

I-alopecia / impandla: i-Chihuahua ingenye yezinhlobo zezinja ezisengozini yokuqothuka kwezinwele. Lokhu kungaba ingxenye noma ingqikithi futhi ngokuyinhloko ithinta amathempeli nasezindlebeni, intamo, isisu, umhlane namathanga. Ukwanda kwama-fatty acids ekudleni cishe kwenza inqubo yehle kancane. Nokho, qaphela ukuthi i-alopecia iveza inkinga yobuhle kuphela futhi ayithinti impilo yesilwane nganoma iyiphi indlela.

Okunye ukuphazamiseka kungathinta i-Chihuahua: i-hydrocephalus, isifo samazinyo, iziqephu zokuthimula (okumnene), njll.

Ngenxa yobukhulu bayo obuncane, iChihuahua isilwane esisengozini. Ithambo eliphukile noma ukungqubuzana kungenzeka ngemva kokuwa nje noma ukuwa kwento kuye. Ukulunywa yinja kungaphula intamo yakhe ngomzuzwana. Lapho ephuma, ngakho-ke kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi agcinwe ebotshiwe futhi aphathwe ezandleni zakhe ngokushesha nje lapho ehlangana nenye inja (ezoba nkulu kakhulu kunaye). Umnikazi wakhe kufanele futhi anake ngokukhethekile ekudleni kwakhe, okufanele, kulungiswe kahle ngeseluleko sikadokotela wezilwane. Ngokufanayo, kufanele akwazi ukufinyelela emanzini nganoma yisiphi isikhathi sosuku.