Ngisiphi isilwane ongazange ukhethe, cishe, kuzodingeka ukhathalele kakhulu kunakho konke, bazali. Ukuzinakekela isilwane sakho kuzoba yizingane kuphela ezifunda esikoleni esiphakathi noma esiphakeme. Izingane ezincane zivame ukubuka isilwane njengesitokisi esithambile esiphilayo, ngakho-ke kuyadingeka ukhethe isilwane ingane ukuze kungabikho ukuxhumana phakathi komntwana noma ingane ingathinteka ukuxhumana ngokuhlanganyela.
Inja - indlela engcono kakhulu, uma ingavumela indawo yakho yokuphila. Kungcono ukuthi ingane ikhethe inja enkulu, izilwane ezinjalo ziphatha izingane ngendlela enobungane, zivumele ukuba zidlale zona, zibekezelele nezingane. Kunezimo lapho izinja zikhathalela izingane ezincane ngesikhathi abazali babo bengekho. Imikhuba emihle nezingane yizihlobo ezifana neNewfoundland, Collie, uMelusi waseJalimane, iSt Bernard, iSpaniel. I-mongrel njalo enomusa. Ungaqali inja yokulwa inja. Izinhlobonhlobo zokuhlobisa, njenge-levreets, i-pugs, i-Pekinese, zingenangqondo. Badinga ukunakwa futhi bangaba nomona ngezingane.
Ngokungafani nezinja, amakati akudingeki ahambe njalo, athatha indawo encane futhi ahlanzekile kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, uhlobo lwalezi zilwane lukhuni kakhulu ukuqagela, ngakho-ke udinga ukwazi ukuthi ukhetha kanjani isilwane ingane. Akunconywa ukugcina ikati uma unomntwana omncane ekhaya (kuze kube seminyaka engu-2-3). Kuphawula ukuthi amakati anesineke ngaphezu kwamakati, lapho izingane zabo zithatha, zishaya, donsela emsila. Izinhlanga ezithandwayo zibhekwa ngokuthi i-Angora, i-Russian blue, i-Himalayan, isi-Burmese kanye nohlobo lwe-ragdoll (ngokwezwi nezwi elithi "i-rag doll") lwakhiwa ikakhulukazi ekukhulumisaneni nezingane.
Kubantwana, kubalulekile ukuba nethuba lokufuya isilwane, ukuthinta, kuqondwa njengokubonakaliswa kothando. Ngakho-ke, uma uneminyaka engu-7-10 ubudala ungaba ne-rodent - i-hamster, ingulube ye-Guinea, unogwaja. Mayelana nalezi zilwane ezingenakuzithoba zinganakekela ingane nengane, uma uqiniseka ukuthi uzoyiphatha kahle. Izilwane ezinjalo zingathunyelwa emakamelweni kuya e-dacha, emzaneni. Ungavumeli isilwane siphume emgodini. Izinduku zingaphuma, zifihle ngemuva kwensimbi. Ukugijima ngokukhululekile efulethini, bayothola izintambo, baphanga iphepha lodonga. Kungcono ukuthi ungathengi izilwane ezimbili uma ungazi ukuthi ungaphila inzalo yabo. Izidakamizwa azihlali isikhathi eside, ngakho-ke kudingeka ulungele ukuchaza ingane ngokufa kwesilwane. Ngokuvamile, amagundane yiyona ndlela engcono kunazo zonke yokunciphisa izimo zokuphila. Kungcono ukuthenga amagundane ezitolo ezikhethekile, kusukela lapho ukuthenga ezandleni kungcono ukuthola isilwane esigulayo.
Isikhala esincane sihlala endlini yezinyoni ngezinyoni noma i-aquarium ngenhlanzi. Kodwa uma uqala inyoni noma inhlanzi, kudingeka uqiniseke ukuthi ingane izoba nesithakazelo nayo. Okokuqala, ungayeki ukhetho olubi kakhulu. Izinhlanzi, ama-guppies, i-mollies kulula ukuzinakekela nokubiza kancane. Kodwa i-aquarium idinga ukuthathwa njengekhulu njengoba ungakwazi ukuyikhokhela. Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi uma kungenxa yokuthi uvela endlini isikhathi eside, umuntu kufanele anakekele i-aquarium uma engekho. Uma ucabanga ngezinhlanzi zokubhukuda, umuntu uqala ukuzizwa ezolile, ngakho-ke ungathatha inhlanzi ingane esebenzayo ukuze ifunde ukubekezela lapho isebenzelana nenhlanzi, yayigcinwe kakhulu.
Ngokungafani nenhlanzi, izinyoni yizona ezithokozisa kakhulu izilwane zasekhaya. Kodwa lokhu kuvumela ingane ukuthi iqale ukuxhumana nomlomo ngenkathi ikhuluma, ukufundisa inyoni ukukhuluma. Ngenja noma hamster lokhu ngeke kusebenze. Ngakho-ke, ngokuvamile izinyoni zinconywa ukuba zithenge izingane ezinezinkinga zokukhuluma. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, izinyoni zezinkukhu kanye nosuku oluvela ekudleni zingabangela ukubhekana nokugula. Ungabeki i-cage nenyoni egumbini lapho ingane ihlala khona isikhathi eside. Izinyoni zihlala isikhathi eside kakhulu, futhi ukusakaza kahle kungaphila iminyaka engama-20.
Ukuxhumana nezilwane kuyasiza kakhulu kubantwana abamahloni, abanamahloni. Ezwa ukuthi unesibopho sokuthi umuntu obuthakathaka kunalo, ingane iyaqiniseka ngokwengeziwe. Enkampanini yezilwane, kulula ukuba umntwana anqobe ukwesaba kwakhe kwengane. Ingane ibaluleke kakhulu ukuthi isilwane siyithatha ngokuthembekile, ngaphandle kokugxekwa. Eduzane nesilwane, izingane zibekezelela kakhulu ukunganaki abazali, ukungabi nabangane.
Uma ingane ihambisa isilwane emgwaqeni, ungayiphinde. Lokhu kungabangela ukuhlukunyezwa kwengqondo, okuyinto kamuva eveza ukuhlukunyezwa nokungahloniphi okuqondiswe kwezinye izilwane noma ngisho nokuvala abantu. Ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu, zama ukunamathisela isilwane kwabanye abantu noma endaweni yokukhosela.