Yawancin cututtukan da ke da alaƙa da yanayin sanyi suna da alaƙa da kamuwa da sanyi.Hotunan Getty
Yanayin hunturu na iya zama duka maras daɗi da haɗari ga dabbobin da suke ciyar da mafi yawan lokutansu a waje. Janairu da Fabrairu galibi watanni ne mafi sanyi na shekara, don haka yana da mahimmanci a shirya don kiyaye dabbobin gida cikin kwanciyar hankali da aminci yayin yanayin sanyi.
Yanayin sanyi yana shafar dabbobi kamar yadda yake da mutane, in ji Dokta Christine Rutter, mataimakiyar farfesa a asibitin Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. Ta ba da shawarar kawo dabbobin gida a duk lokacin da sanyi ya isa mutane su ji ba dadi a waje. Idan an bar dabbobi a cikin sanyi ba tare da kariya ba, matsalolin kiwon lafiya masu tsanani na iya faruwa.
"Yawancin cututtukan da ke da alaƙa da sanyi suna da alaƙa da kamuwa da sanyi da kanta," in ji Rutter. "A wasu yanayi, yanayin zafi da sanyi na yatsun kafa, kunnuwa, lebe, hanci, da wutsiya na iya faruwa."
Ta ce hypothermia na iya haifar da dabbobi su yi kamar ba su da hankali ko rashin zaman lafiya yayin da sanyi ya bayyana a matsayin kumbura, raunuka ja. Frostbite baya faruwa a takamaiman zafin jiki, amma yana haifar da haɗuwar yanayin sanyi, asarar zafi, da raguwar kwararar jini.
A cewar Rutter, wasu dabbobin gida sun fi damu da yanayin sanyi, ciki har da tsofaffin dabbobi, dabbobin da aka haifa, ƙananan dabbobi da ƙananan dabbobi, da kuma masu gashin gashi.
Idan ba zai yiwu a kawo dabbar gida a lokacin sanyi ba, akwai zaɓuɓɓuka da yawa don kiyaye su lafiya da dumi. Rutter ya ba da shawarar yin amfani da gareji ko ɗakin laka don matsugunin dabbobi, muddin duk wani sharar gida da sinadarai masu haɗari ba su isa ba. Ta kuma ce wani karamin matsuguni, kamar gidan kare, ana iya cika shi da katifa domin jin dadin dabbar.
"Makullin shine yana da ƙaramin ƙofar shiga da fita kuma yana da kariya daga ruwa, iska, da zane," in ji Rutter. "Yana da matukar muhimmanci cewa idan kun samar da dabbar ku da tushen zafi, kada ya zama wuta, carbon monoxide, ko duk wani abu da zai iya zama haɗarin lantarki."
Ta ba da shawarar a yi amfani da buhunan shinkafa ko na hatsi da aka dumama, muddin ba su da zafi da za su haifar da kuna.
Rutter kuma yana tunatar da masu mallakar dabbobin cewa wasu abubuwan hunturu na yau da kullun, gami da gishirin gefen titi, abubuwan da ke cire ƙanƙara, da sinadarai don yin bututu, na iya zama mai guba ga karnuka da kuliyoyi.
Idan dabba zai kasance a waje na ɗan gajeren lokaci, kamar motsa jiki, masu mallaka na iya ɗaukar matakai da yawa don tabbatar da cewa dabbar ta kasance mai dumi da jin dadi. Rutter ya ba da shawarar bushewa dabbobin gida bayan motsa jiki, suna kare ƙafafunsu da takalma ko rigar kakin zuma, da sanya su cikin riga don taimakawa wajen riƙe zafi.
Ko da ba ku da dabbar dabbar da ta tsaya a waje, za ku iya taimakawa wajen kiyaye dabbobin da ba a sani ba da dabbobin maƙwabta a lokacin hunturu. Rutter ya ce ana iya yin matsuguni na wucin gadi daga cikin kwandon ajiya ko wuraren tafiye-tafiye. Ta kuma ba da shawarar a rika buga murfi na mota kafin a fara injin, saboda kila kuliyoyi sun yi rarrafe a karkashin kaho don dumi.
Karatukwici aminci na dabbobi na hunturusun hada da:
1.Dabbobin gida waɗanda ba su saba da yanayin sanyi bai kamata a bar su a waje ba lokacin da matsakaicin zafin rana ke ƙasa da digiri 45 na Fahrenheit.
2.Kafin shiga da tada abin hawan ku, buga murfin motar da hannunka don tabbatar da cewa kyanwar da ke neman mafaka daga sanyi bai shiga cikin injin ba.
3.Idan kuna amfani da maganin daskarewa kuyi hankali don tsaftace duk wani zubewa. Dabbobin gida suna son ɗanɗanon maganin daskarewa kuma yana da mutuƙar mutuwa idan an sha shi, ko da kaɗan ne.
4.Kayayyakin da ake amfani da su don taimakawa ƙanƙara narke na iya zama mai saurin fushi ga fata da baki. Waɗannan samfuran na iya sa dabbar ku ta fashe da amai.
5.Amfani da guba yana karuwa a lokacin sanyi saboda beraye, beraye, da sauran kananan halittu suna yawan kokarin mamaye gidajenmu don neman mafaka a lokacin hunturu. Idan kuna amfani da guba a kusa da gidan, tabbatar da cewa ba za su iya isa ga dabbar ku ba.
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