Tiny doggies with expressive eyes and live temper strongly won popularity at fans of animals. Unfortunately, any dogs sometimes are ill, and a chihuahua - not an exception though in comparison with other decorative breeds health at them a little stronger. Be attentive and ready to render the timely help to the favourite.
Instruction
1. Chihuahuas can have all diseases, typical for dogs (distemper, helminthoses, disorders of digestion). Infections inoculations, prevention of helminthic invasions are necessary for them. As chihuahuas practically are always held in the house, they suffer from parasites less often, nevertheless, the owner needs to watch closely that the pet was not bitten by a tick or it did not get fleas.
2. Besides usual dog illnesses, there are diseases, also specific to a chihuahua. They are caused by the small sizes which are often found at thoroughbred dogs genetic defects and even traits of character peculiar to them. Most often early loss of teeth, diseases of a cardiovascular system and also the descended violations of work of knee joints (a patelloluxation – patella shift) which are not giving in to correction meets. Patelloluxation has no serious impact on quality of life of an animal, but will not allow to participation in exhibitions of your favourite any more. Chihuahuas differ in mobility, curiosity and courage that quite often leads to injuries and the conflicts with other dogs.
3. At detection at a chihuahua of one of such symptoms as heat, a diarrhea, vomiting, loss of appetite, slackness or unusual aggression, allocations from a nose, ears or eyes, the address to the veterinarian is necessary. To delay with visit of the doctor inadmissibly as some diseases are in the habit to develop quickly and imperceptibly. The visit to veterinary clinic is obligatory if the dog tries to rub the back about the earth or scratches and licks under a tail – it can demonstrate inflammation of anal glands which is quite often suffered by the dogs living in the room. In this case it is important not to allow injuries and development of abscess. The doctor will make cleaning of glands, skilled owners of dogs can do it, but as the procedure of cleaning is followed by unpleasant feelings for an animal, without due experience it is not necessary to start it.
4. To inadmissibly feed a dog with food from the table, in particular fat, sharp and salty products are harmful to animals of smoked product. Unfortunately, owners of a chihuahua often indulge pets, considering that to a room doggie delicacies will not damage. Such irrational food leads to violations of work of digestive system, obesity, and as a result – to diseases of heart, liver, skin. As many thoroughbred dogs, a chihuahua can suffer from an allergy – treatment is registered in this case only by the veterinarian.
5. Thanks to the small sizes of a chihuahua, it is simpler to owner to carry out many medical manipulations, for example, to put pricks and enemas, to take temperature and to do bandagings. Anyway, it is necessary to carry out all these procedures according to the recommendation of the doctor and if you are not really skilled in keeping of dogs, then the veterinarian will show you as it is correct to treat a sick animal.