Ama-Chihuahua anikezwa kangcono ukudla okungokwemvelo kuphela ukukhuthaza ukukhula kwawo futhi anikeze umsoco ophelele. Uma udla ukudla komdlwane, ama-chihuahua kuzodingeka athanjiswe ngobisi lwembuzi noma adliwe ukudla okumanzi. Uma ukhetha ukudla kwe-chihuahua, kungcono ukufunda uhlu lwesithako futhi ugweme ukudla okunosawoti, okunganamafutha.

Ama-Chihuahuas ahle adle ukudla okuphelele okunikezelwe ekukhuleni nasekuthuthukisweni kwawo, kodwa kungcono ukudla ukudla komdlwane kuze kube yilapho esenonyaka owodwa ubudala, bese ushintshela ekudleni komdlwane.
Lapho i-chihuahua idla ukudla komdlwane, uma kungekho ukulunywa, ungasebenzisa ubisi lwembuzi ukuthambisa okusanhlamvu, noma uphakele ngokuqondile ukudla okumanzi kwe-chihuahua ukuze udle, futhi kungaqinisekisa ukuthi ukudla okunomsoco kwe-chihuahua kubanzi.
Uma ukhetha ukudla kwezinja ze-chihuahua, ungafunda uhlu lwayo lwesithako, zama ukukhetha ukudla okusawoti mahhala, okungenawo amafutha, ukugwema inani elikhulu lezinkinga zokulahlekelwa izinwele ze-chihuahua.