Nahu anei ka makika i nā ʻīlio? ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻae ka pane, ʻo ia. A inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e pale i ka nahu ʻana o ka makika, ua pilikia kāu ʻīlio i ka maʻi ʻiʻo puʻuwai. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui loa ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā mea hoʻolele makika no nā ʻīlio.
ʻAʻole nahu wale ka namu i nā ʻīlio
ʻAʻole ʻo ʻoe wale nō ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he mea ʻai e nā makika i nā mahina kau wela. Hiki paha i nā makika ke nahu i kāu ʻīlio.1 Ua huki pinepine ʻia lākou i nā wahi ākea o kāu ʻīlio, e like me ke kua a i ʻole nā wāwae hope, akā hiki iā lākou ke nahu i kāu ʻīlio ma nā wahi āpau. ʻO ka ʻīlio maʻamau i ka nahu ʻana o ka makika no kekahi mau hola i ka nui.
Akā, ʻaʻole ʻo ka namu ka mea ʻino loa e pili ana i ka makika. I kekahi manawa, hiki i nā ʻīlio ke loaʻa i nā ʻīlio puʻuwai mai ka nahu ʻana o ka makika. Hiki i ka nahu mai ka makika ma'i ke ho'okomo i nā ilo 'oi 'ole i kapa 'ia he microfilariae i loko o ke kahe koko o kāu 'īlio. Ma hope o nā mahina ʻelua, e aʻa lākou i loko o ka puʻuwai o kāu ʻīlio a hoʻomaka e ulu. Inā nahu ka makika i ka ʻīlio maʻi, hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i nā ʻīlio puʻuwai i nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe, e hoʻomau i ka pōʻai o ka maʻi.
Hiki i nā makika ke hoʻoulu i nā maʻi ʻē aʻe, e like me West Nile virus a i ʻole Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). He kakaikahi nā ʻano ʻelua i nā ʻīlio, akā hiki ke hopu iā lākou.2 Hiki i nā ʻīlio ke loaʻa i ka maʻi maʻi Zika mai nā makika, akā ʻaʻole maopopo loa kēia no ka mea kakaikahi loa nā hihia.3 Hiki ke koʻikoʻi kēia mau maʻi a pau inā nahu ka namu i ka poʻe, ʻo ia ke kumu e pale aku ai i kou home mai nā mea ʻaihue liʻiliʻi.
E ho'āʻo i ka namu no nā ʻīlio
He mea koʻikoʻi ka pale ʻana i kāu ʻīlio mai ka makika i ka pale ʻana i kāu ʻīlio mai ka ilo puʻuwai. He mea maʻalahi kēia e hana me nā mea hoʻolele makika i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā ʻīlio. Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku i nā ʻauʻau a me nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa, kahi e pale aku ai i nā makika.
ʻO ka Adams Flea a me Tick Collar no nā ʻīlio a me nā ʻīlio e pale aku i nā makika a hiki i ʻeono mahina no ke kola. Hele mai kēlā me kēia pūʻolo me nā kola ʻelua, e hāʻawi ana i ka uhi no ka makahiki piha. Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia nā kola hoʻokahi-nui-kūpono a me ka wai. Hoʻolālā ʻia me ka ʻenehana lōʻihi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia mau kola no ka pale ʻana i nā ʻauʻau makua a me nā kuʻi.
ʻO Adams Plus Flea & Tick Spot On no nā ʻīlio he huahana kumuhana i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i kāu ʻīlio e pale a pepehi i nā makika. Hoʻopau pū ka huahana i nā ʻauʻau makua a me nā kuʻi a pale i ka hoʻoulu hou ʻana o ka peʻa a hiki i 30 mau lā no ka mālama ʻana.
Ma waho aʻe o ka pale ʻana i kāu ʻīlio, hiki iā ʻoe ke pale i kou pā. E hōʻalo i ka wai kū i kahi e hānau ai nā makika, a mai lawe i kāu ʻīlio ma waho i ke ahiahi a i ka wanaʻao paha i ka wā e ʻeleu ai nā makika. Inā makemake ʻoe e lawe i kāu "pale namu" i kahi pae aʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke pale hou aku i nā pesky bugs me Adams Yard & Garden Spray. ʻAʻole i pepehi wale kēia ʻōpala i ka makika, akā i nā ʻauʻau, nā ʻaʻa, a me nā ʻanuʻu.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, makemake nui nā makika i kāu ʻīlio e like me kou makemake. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o ka namu maikaʻi me ka mālama ʻana i kou pā hale. Me ka hoʻomākaukau liʻiliʻi, hiki iā ʻoe a me kāu pup ke leʻaleʻa i nā hanana waho e like me kou makemake me ka hopohopo ʻole o nā ʻiniko kani e hōʻino ana i kou leʻaleʻa.
1. Mahaney, Patrick. "7 Nahu ʻino maʻamau i nā ʻīlio a me nā pōpoki." PetMD, ʻApelila 24, 2015, https://www.petmd.com/dog/slideshows/parasites/common-bug-bites-on-dogs-cats?view_all=1.
2. Aupuni lehulehu. "WNV a me EEE i nā holoholona." Mass.gov, https://www.mass.gov/service-details/wnv-and-eee-in-animals.
3. Ke Kulanui o Ilinoi ma Urbana-Champaign, Koleke o ka Lapaau Lapaau. "Hiki i kaʻu pipi ke loaʻa ka maʻi Zika?" VetMed.Illinois.Edu, Sepatemaba 29, 2016, https://vetmed.illinois.edu/pet_column/zika-virus-pets/#:~:text=ʻAe, hana kekahi, pane immune i ka maʻi.
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