Nā mea
Ua makewai ke koko a me ka fleas! Noho kēia mau mea ʻino ma luna o kāu ʻīlio a i ʻole ka pōpoki a hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā ʻano maʻi ʻili. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi ʻōnaehana (ke kino holoʻokoʻa) ma o ka lawe ʻana i nā ilo, protozoa a me nā hua bacteria i nā kino koʻikoʻi o kāu pipi, e alakaʻi ana i nā maʻi e hiki ke hoʻopilikia maoli i kāu lālā ʻohana huluhulu aloha. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, hiki ke mālama ʻia nā pilikia o ka ʻauʻau a me ka tick (a hiki ke pale ʻia nā maʻi ʻino o ka wā e hiki mai ana) me kahi ala ʻekolu ʻanuʻu e pili ana i kāu pipi, kou home, a me kou pā hale. ʻO ka mea mua, he mea kōkua ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke komo ʻana o nā ʻauʻau a me nā ʻoki i kou home a i kāu pipi.
Nā Puʻukū
Aia ma luna o ka ʻīlio, hoʻoluʻolu ka peʻa iā ia iho, hānai, a waiho ma kahi o 40 mau hua i ka lā.1 A hoʻokahi wale nō ʻauʻau: hiki i nā wahine makua he 10 ke hoʻohua ma luna o 10,000 mau hua manu lele i loko o 30 mau lā! Hiki ke loaʻa nā hua larval ma ka mauʻu a me ka lepo o kou pā. Mai laila mai, komo lākou i ka hale ma luna o kāu ʻīlio, e pae ana ma luna o ke kapena a me nā lako. Moe moe nā hua no kekahi mau pule ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i kanaka makua. He lōʻihi ke ola o nā ʻauʻau; Ke ola nei ka ʻaʻaʻa makua ma waena o 60 a 90 mau lā, akā inā he kumu ʻai kona, hiki ke ola a hiki i 100 lā.2
Noku
ʻO nā kuʻekuʻe he mau ʻōpala arachnid e peʻe ana ma nā wahi mauʻu a i ʻole nā lāʻau a hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻīlio, nā pōpoki a i ʻole nā kānaka me ko lākou mau wāwae mua i ka wā e hele ai kā lākou pahuhopu. (Ua kapa ʻia kēia ʻano "ʻimi.") Hoʻomoe hapa ʻia ke poʻo ma lalo o ka ʻili o kāu pipi, pinepine ma ka pepeiao a me ka ʻāʻī, kahi e ʻai ai i ke koko. Hiki i nā mite makua ke noho moe no nā mahina a laila waiho i nā kaukani hua.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana, hoʻoili ʻia nā ʻano maʻi like ʻole e pili ana i nā ʻīlio a me nā kānaka, e like me ka maʻi Lyme, ehrlichiosis, a me Rocky Mountain spotted fever.3 Hiki i kekahi mau ʻīlio ke maʻi i ka mite saliva, hiki ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia i ke olakino o kāu pipi. He mea nui ka ʻike ʻana o ka poʻe meaʻai i ka wehe ʻana i kahi ʻeke mai kahi pōpoki a ʻīlio paha.
3-ʻanuʻu i ka ʻauʻau a me ka hoʻopale
Ma muli o ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o nā ʻauʻau a me nā ticks, ʻo ke ala kūpono loa ka mālama ʻana i kāu mau holoholona, kou home, a me kou pā hale. E hoʻopau kēia ala i nā pests, a me kā lākou mau hua a me nā larvae, ma nā wahi a lākou e peʻe ai. ʻO ka holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka hana maikaʻi loa ka mālama ʻana i kāu pipi a me ke kaiapuni. i luna paʻa ka maʻi.
1. E mālama i kāu pipi
No ka pale ʻana i ka laha ʻana o nā mea ʻino, ʻo ka lāʻau peʻa maikaʻi loa no kāu ʻīlio a i ʻole pōpoki ʻo Adams Plus Flea & Tick Prevention Spot On no nā ʻīlio a i ʻole nā pōpoki. Loaʻa i kēia mau huahana kahi mea hoʻoponopono ulu insect (IGR) i hoʻolālā ʻia e pepehi i nā hua manu a me nā larvae a hiki i 30 lā. Hoʻopilikia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pōʻaiapuni o ke ola o nā ʻauʻau, e pale ana iā lākou mai ka ulu ʻana i mea nahu, hānau makua. Nānā. Ma muli o ka laha ʻana o nā huahana topical i nā ʻaila ma ka ʻili o kāu pipi, pono e kali ma kahi o ʻelua a ʻekolu mau lā ma waena o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka huahana a me ka holoi ʻana i kāu ʻīlio a pōpoki paha.
Hoʻoikaika pū ka Adams Flea a me Tick Collar no nā ʻīlio a me nā ʻīlio a i ʻole ka Adams Plus Flea a me Tick Collar no nā pōpoki e hoʻolako i kāu pipi me ka pale lōʻihi mai nā ʻauʻau a me nā kiko. Loaʻa i nā kola ʻauʻau a me ka tick ʻo Adams IGR nā mea ikaika e puʻunaue ana i ka hulu a me nā aila ma ka ʻili o kāu pipi.
E hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia koke me Adams Plus Foaming Flea & Tick Shampoo & Detergent for Dogs & Puppy a i ʻole Clarifying Shampoo for Cats & Kittens, kahi ʻano momona momona e hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me nā kūlana. Hoʻopau kēia mau huahana i nā ʻauʻau, nā hua manu a me nā ticks, hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻoneʻe i kāu holoholona, e hoʻopau i ka pono o ka shampoo hoʻomaʻemaʻe hou.
2. E mālama i kou home
No ka pale ʻana i nā ʻauʻau a me nā ʻaʻa mai ke komo ʻana i loko o kāu pipi, pono ʻoe e mālama i ko lākou kaiapuni (a me ʻoe)-i loko a i waho hoʻi-e pepehi i nā ʻauʻau a hoʻouka i nā hua a me nā larva ma nā wahi a lākou e peʻe ai.
Ma mua o kou mālama ʻana i loko o ka hale, holoi i ka moena o kāu pipi a hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono i ka hale me kahi mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ikaika. E hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā ʻōpala, nā papahele, a me nā mea hoʻonaninani a pau. Inā hiki, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia kāu mau ʻōpala e kahi loea. Hiki i nā pulumu no ka hahau ʻana i loko o kahi ʻūhā kiʻekiʻe ke hoʻopau i ka hapaha o nā ʻōpala puaʻa a ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o nā hua manu. He mea hoʻopilikia kino nō hoʻi ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ke kino, no laila e paipai i nā ʻauʻau e haʻalele i kā lākou niu.
Ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe, lawe i ka mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma waho, e wehe i ka ʻeke a hoʻolei aku. He mau lā paha ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana no ka wehe ʻana i nā hua puaʻa.
A laila, e hoʻopili iā Adams Plus Flea & Tick Indoor Fogger a i ʻole Home Spray, hiki ke pepehi i nā ʻauʻau ma nā wahi nui o ka moena a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. No ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻoi aku ka manaʻo ma kāu ʻeke, e hoʻāʻo iā Adams Plus Carpet Spray no Fleas a me Ticks. A i ʻole e koho i ka hui pū ʻana o nā huahana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka fogger a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hāʻawi i ka uhi piha o ka ʻili o ka hale kahi e hūnā ai nā hua manu a me nā larvae.
3. E mālama i kou pā hale
E mālama pono i kou pā hale a i ʻole e poina ʻoe i kahi hana koʻikoʻi i kāu papahana hoʻomalu i ka ʻauʻau a me ka māka. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o kēia wahi i ka maʻi maʻi no ka mea hiki i nā holoholona hihiu a me nā holoholona holoholona a kou hoalauna ke hoʻolaha i nā kiko, nā ʻauʻau, a me nā hua manu i loko o kou kua.
ʻOki mua i ka mauʻu, a ʻohi a hoʻolei i nā ʻoki mauʻu. A laila e hoʻopili wale i ka Adams Yard & Garden Spray i ka hopena o kahi hose kīhāpai a pīpī iā ia i nā wahi e hiki ai i kāu pipi. ʻO kēia pulupulu maʻalahi e uhi i ka 5,000 kapuaʻi square a ua hoʻolālā ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana ma ka hapa nui o nā ʻaoʻao o waho, me ka lau nahele, lalo a puni nā kumulāʻau, nā kumu lāʻau a me nā pua.
He mea nui ʻaʻole wale ka pepehi ʻana i nā ʻauʻau a me nā ʻōpala, akā e pale pū iā lākou mai ka hoʻi ʻana mai. Hiki i kēia ala ʻekolu ke hoʻomalu i kāu pōpoki makamae a ʻīlio paha e like me ka hiki.
1. Negron Vladimir. "E hoʻomaopopo i ke Kaʻina Ola Flea." PetMD, Mei 20, 2011, https://www.petmd.com/dog/parasites/evr_multi_understanding_the_flea_life_cycle.
2. Hale Waihona Puke o ka Ahaolelo. "He aha ke ola o ka peʻa?" LOC.gov, https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/item/how-long-is-the-life-span-of-a-flea/.
3. Klein, Jerry. "Ua ʻōlelo ʻo AKC Chief Veterinarian e pili ana i nā maʻi maʻi maʻi." AKC, Mei 1, 2019, https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/akcs-chief-veterinary-officer-on-tick-borne-disease-symptoms-prevention/.