Ukuqeqeshwa Kwama Potty Kulula Kakhulu!
Awu, inyoni yezinyoni ... ingenye yezinto ezimbi ezidingekayo zobunikazi bezinyoni okumelwe sifunde ukuhlala nazo. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi nakuba abaningi bethi akukho ndlela yokwenza "isisu" noma "isitimela samanzi" inyoni, empeleni kunezindlela zokufundisa isilwane sakho izindawo ezifanele zokuzikhulula - i- Sun Conure , i-Loco, ephilayo ubufakazi! Nakuba kungeke kwenzeke ngobusuku bonke, futhi kungaba nzima nakakhulu kunokufundisa ikati noma inja, abanikazi abaningi bathola ukuthi izinzuzo zokuqeqeshwa okunjalo ziwufanele umzamo.
Isinyathelo sokuqala ekuqeqesheni ama-potty inyoni yakho ukuziqeqesha. Usuku ngalunye lapho uxhumane nesilwane sakho, qaphela eduze noma yikuphi "izimpawu" inyoni engakunika yona ngaphambi kokuzikhulula. Lezi zingaba njengengqondo njengenguquko ekuthumeni, "ukubuka" okuthile emehlweni enyoni, noma ukuthungathwa kwamathambo. Zonke izinyoni zihlukile, futhi ngaleyo ndlela zizosebenzisa ulimi oluhlukile, kodwa uma wazi inyoni yakho futhi ufunda "ukumfunda," ngeke kukuthathe isikhathi eside ukumbamba.
Enye into okufanele uyiqaphele yiyo imvamisa yokudonsa kwezinyoni zakho. Izinyoni eziningi zizosebenzisa indlu yokugezela njalo njalo ngemizuzu emihlanu noma eyishumi, kepha futhi, lokhu kuyedwa kakhulu. Uma ubheka inyoni yakho, ungase uqale ukubona iphethini emikhuba yakhe yokuphumula, futhi uma uqaphela isikhathi esithatha phakathi kwamasongo, kuyoba ngcono ukwahlulela lapho inyoni yakho ikulungele ukuphuza amanzi .
Uma usuwutholile umbono omuhle wesimiso sokungena kwendlwana yakho yemvelo, ungaqala ukusebenza nenyoni yakho ekufundeni izindawo ezifanele ukuhamba.
Into yokuqala okufanele ukwenze ukukhetha ukuthi ufuna kuphi inyoni yakho ukuba ikhulule. Lokhu kungaba yinani lezindawo, njengezinyoni zezinyoni, i-canar, noma ucezu lwephephandaba noma i-cage liner. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi unquma ukuthini, kubalulekile ukunamathela kuyo ngangokunokwenzeka. Abanikazi abaningi bezinyoni baqeqesha izilwane zabo ezifuywayo ngamanzi ebhodini, ngoba lokhu kuyiselula kakhulu futhi ilahlwa kalula.
Uma usukhethile indawo efanele, into okumele uyenze yithatha inyoni yakho kuwo (noma uma ucezu lwephepha, yibambe ngaphansi kwenyoni) uma sekuyisikhathi sokuhamba amanzi - umsindo ulula, kunjalo? Iqhinga lilindele isidingo senyoni sokusebenzisa indlu yokugezela, okuyilapho ukwazi khona imikhuba yamaqanda enyoni yakho. Uma, ngokwesibonelo, uqaphele ukuthi inyoni yakho ikhulula cishe ngemizuzu engu-7, kufanele ubeke inyoni yakho phezu kwesikhala sayo esibekwe kuyo yonke imizuzu engu-7. Kungase kube nezikhathi lapho inyoni yakho ingadingi ukugubha njengokujwayelekile, futhi kuhle - uma uqaphela ukuthi inyoni yakho ayizange igwetshwe ngemuva kokuba ibanjwe isikhala samanzi okwesikhashana noma emibili, makabe eseqala ukudlala, bese uzama futhi emva kokuphela kwemizuzu 1-3.
Uma inyoni yakho isebenzisa indawo yokugezela endaweni efanele, qiniseka ukuthi uyomdumisa ngamagama anomusa nokuphatha okumnandi. Njengoba isikhathi sidlula, uzoqala ukuqonda ukuthi ukukhwabanisa endaweni efanele kufaka imivuzo emikhulu! Lokhu kungathatha izinyanga eziningi zokuqeqesha, kodwa-ke, ungamangazi uma inyoni yakho inezingozi ezimbalwa, futhi ungathukutheli isilwane sakho uma "ephuthelwa indawo". Khumbula, kuwumthwalo wakho wokunakekela ulimi lomzimba wakho wezinyoni kanye nesimiso, bese uthola inyoni endaweni efanelekile yokuhamba.
Ngokuphikelela nokuningi okuqiniswayo, izinyoni eziningi zithatha kalula ukuqeqeshwa ngamanzi, futhi ngokushesha zizwa ukuthi ukuthungatha abantu (noma ifenisha) akukhuthazwa. Nakuba kudinga umzamo engxenyeni yomnikazi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izingozi azikwenzeka, iningi libiza ukuthi lilula kunokuba libheke ekuhlanzeni nokuhlambalaza izinyoni ezingaqeqeshiwe ezidala. Jabulela nenyoni yakho futhi wenze ukuqeqeshwa okunamandla okuhlangenwe nakho kokufunda kokubili - futhi ungalokothi ukhathazeke ngokulahlekelwa ihembe lakho eliyintandokazi "ebhokisini lezinyoni"!
Izithombe (c) 2006 Alyson Burgess