ʻEhia ka nui o nā ʻauʻau ma luna o ka ʻīlio i manaʻo ʻia he maʻi?

Hiki i hoʻokahi ʻauʻau ma kāu ʻīlio ke hoʻomake a me ka ʻakaʻaka. Akā, ʻehia ka nui o nā ʻauʻau ma luna o ka ʻīlio i manaʻo ʻia he maʻi maʻi? ʻOiai ʻaʻohe helu kikoʻī e hōʻike ana i kahi maʻi maʻi, hiki i kekahi mau ʻauʻau ke hōʻike i ka nui o nā mea huna i loko o ka hulu o kāu ʻīlio a me kou home. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana i nā ʻautu ma mua o ka wā ma hope.

Hoʻokahi wale nō Flea he hōʻailona o ka pilikia

Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻauʻau liʻiliʻi ma kāu ʻīlio, e hoʻowalewale ʻia paha ʻoe e noʻonoʻo ʻaʻole ia he mea nui. ʻOiai ke ʻike ʻia ka ʻauʻau i kekahi manawa inā ua lawe ʻoe i kāu ʻīlio no ka hele wāwae, ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau ʻauʻau paha he hōʻailona o kahi pilikia. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi o 20 mau ʻauʻau ke manaʻo ʻia ua loaʻa kāu pipi, a ʻo ka helu kiʻekiʻe ma waena o 200 a 300. ¹

ʻO ka nānā ʻole ʻana i kekahi mau ʻauʻau hiki ke alakaʻi koke i kahi maʻi no kāu ʻīlio a me kou home.² no ka mea, hiki i nā ʻauʻau makua ʻelua ke hoʻohua i nā haneli hua a me nā pupae. Hoʻomaka ka ʻauʻau e ʻai i ke koko i loko o nā minuke o ka pae ʻana i kāu holoholona. A laila male lākou, a i loko o ʻelua lā hiki i ka wahine ke hoʻomaka e hoʻohua.³ I loko o ʻehā a ʻeiwa mau lā, e waiho ʻo ia i 27 a ʻoi aku mau hua i kēlā me kēia lā i ka hulu o kāu ʻīlio. Hiki i nā hua ke hāʻule i luna o ke kapena a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Hiki ke omo mai nā hua i loko o ʻelima a ʻumikūmākahi lā a laila ulu aʻe i pupae i loko o nā niu liʻiliʻi. Hiki iā lākou ke noho i loko o ka niu no nā pule a me nā mahina. ʻO nā pupae ka mea paʻakikī loa e pepehi, no laila pono e mālama i nā ʻauʻau ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i kēia pae. ʻO kēia kekahi kumu nui e hana koke ai.

ʻO nā hōʻailona he ʻauʻau kāu pipi

Nui nā hōʻailona e loaʻa ana i kāu ʻīlio nā ʻauʻau. ʻO ka mea maopopo loa, ʻoi aku ka ʻili o kāu ʻīlio ma mua o ka maʻamau. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā ʻāpana ʻeleʻele liʻiliʻi (i kapa ʻia ʻo ka lepo ʻeleʻele) ma kona ʻaʻahu a me kona moena. Hiki i ka lepo peʻa ke lilo i ʻulaʻula ʻeleʻele ke kāpīpī ʻia me kahi wai liʻiliʻi.

ʻO ka holo ʻana i kahi lehu ma ka hulu o kāu ʻīlio hiki ke hōʻike i nā ʻauʻau. ʻO nā ʻāpana keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi e like me nā hua laiki kahi e moe ai a noho ai kāu ʻīlio he tapeworms, ʻo ia kekahi hōʻailona o ka ʻauʻau.

Lapaʻau no kāu pipi

Inā loaʻa i kāu ʻīlio nā ʻauʻau, he manaʻo maikaʻi ia e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka holoholona e pili ana i nā koho maikaʻi loa. Hiki i kāu kauā holoholona ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi papa e pepehi ai i nā ʻauʻau makua āpau ma kāu pipi. Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka shampoo flea e hoʻouka ai i nā iniseti liʻiliʻi. ʻO Adams Flea a me Tick Cleansing Shampoo e pepehi i nā ʻauʻau makua a pale i nā hua mai ka hāʻule ʻana no 30 mau lā. Hiki i ka Adams Plus Flea a me Tick Collar no nā ʻīlio a me ka ʻīlio ke pale aku i kāu ʻīlio a hiki i ʻeono mahina. He mea maikaʻi loa kēia inā hoʻokuʻu pinepine ʻoe i kāu ʻīlio i waho.

Ka mālama hale a me ka pā

ʻAʻole lawa ka mālama ʻana i kāu holoholona wale nō. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e mālama i kou home a me ka pā, e hoʻomau ka maʻi ʻino. Hiki i nā ʻauʻau ke ola lōʻihi a hiki ke ola lōʻihi e hoʻopō hou i kāu ʻīlio ma hope.

Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā ʻauʻau ma kou home, pono ʻoe e holoi i kou hale a holoi i kou wahi moe a me ka moena o kāu pipi. Akā, mai kū i laila. Hoʻopau ʻo Adams Home Flea a me Tick Spray i nā ʻauʻau a me nā ʻōpala. Mālama ʻo ia a hiki i ʻehiku mahina a pepehi pū kekahi i nā moʻo, nā kolo, nā ʻanuʻu a me nā mea hou aku. Pepehi ʻo Adams Flea a me Tick Carpet Powder i nā ʻauʻau, nā hua manu, nā ʻōpala a me nā pupae. Hoʻopili kēlā me kēia pūʻolo i hoʻokahi a ʻelua lumi (200 a 400 kapuaʻi square). Aia i loko o ka pauda kahi mea hoʻoponopono ulu ʻino e pepehi i nā ʻauʻau a hiki i 30 mau lā a mālama i ka hoʻoulu hou ʻana a hiki i 365 mau lā.

No ka pā, e ho'āʻo iā Adams Yard a me Garden Spray. Mālama ʻo ia i nā ʻauʻau a hiki i ʻehā pule a pepehi pū kekahi i ka ʻaʻa, ka makika a me nā ʻanuʻu.

He mea nui ka pale ʻana

ʻOiai pono ʻoe e mālama i nā ʻauʻau inā ʻike ʻoe iā lākou, he mea nui hoʻi ka pale ʻana. Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i ke komo ʻana o nā ʻauʻau i kou home a me kou pā, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hopohopo e pili ana i kahi infestation. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pilikia ma lalo o ka hoʻomalu, e hoʻomau i ka mālama ʻana i ka peʻa a hiki i ka hoʻoilo.

ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻauʻau ʻelua ma kāu ʻīlio he hōʻailona ia o kahi maʻi ma lalo o ka wāwae. Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā mea he nui, e holo i kahi lehu ma ka hulu o kāu ʻīlio e nānā inā he nui aku. Inā mālama ʻoe i kāu ʻīlio, kou home, a me kou pā i kēia manawa, hiki iā ʻoe ke pale i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

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2. ʻO Potter, Michael F. "Ka Hoʻomalu a me ke Kāohi ʻana i ka Flea." Entomology ma ke Kulanui o Kentucky, Iune 2018, https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef602.

3. Kalepa Mike a me Robinson James. "Hakaʻi ʻauʻau." ʻO Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/insects/controlling-fleas/.