He ʻīlio hematophagous ka ʻīlio kūleʻa, ʻo ia ka mea inu i ke koko e hānai iā ia iho. ʻO kāna mea pio punahele i loko o ke keʻena a hale paha he ʻīlio a me nā pōpoki, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻouka i ke kanaka. E like me ka manaʻo o kekahi i nā ʻutu o nā ʻīlio e kū mau ma luna o kāna mea hoʻokipa. ʻO kēia no ka noho pū ʻana o Ctenocephalides me ia i kona ola a pau a ʻai pū ma kahi o hoʻokahi pāʻina koko i ka lā. Hoʻopau pinepine ʻia lākou ma hope o kekahi manawa e ka ʻīlio ma ka nahu ʻana a i ʻole ka palu ʻana.

Kau ka ʻōlea i ka ʻīlio, a i 50 mau hua i ka lā. Hāʻule nā ​​hua i ka lepo a hoʻohaumia i ke kaiapuni. Ke kū ka hua i ka honua, e mahuka ʻo ka larva i puka i waho i kahi mau wahi malu e like me ma lalo o nā kapeta a ma waena paha o nā papa o nā papahele pāhi kahiko a me nā unglazed (no laila ko lākou inoa ʻē aʻe he "ʻāpana pāhiina"). ʻO ka larva e puka mai ana mai lilo i cocoon a hiki ke hoʻomau i ka "hibernation" no kekahi mau mahina. I loko o kāna kōpena, ke kali nei ka ʻūlea i ka paina o kahi mea pio. ʻO kēia ke kumu i kekahi manawa hiki i kāu ʻīlio i loaʻa ʻole nā ​​ʻlepela ke kiʻi i nā ʻutu ke hele ʻoe i ka wā hoʻomaha i kahi hale ʻāina kahiko me nā papa lāʻau. Hoʻāla ka wela a me nā haʻalulu i nā cocoons i kū i ka hulu a hoʻokuʻu i nā ʻelele mākua. Hoʻokahi wale nō pahuhopu o ka ʻenemi e ʻimi i kahi hoʻokipa, e hānai iā lākou iho a no laila e nahu i kāu ʻīlio, a i ʻole no ka nele i kahi mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.

No laila ʻo ka pulelo kahi parasite kau, hoʻomōhala ia ke wela ke aniau a no laila ma ka puna a ma ke kauwela hoʻi. Eia nō naʻe, e makaʻala ʻoe i ka haumia o ka hale i ka hoʻoilo no ka mea hiki i ka hoʻomehana ke loaʻa i ka hopena like me ka wela o ke kauwela.

Holo wikiwiki nā leʻaleʻa i nā ʻīlio ma o ka lole. ʻAe ko lākou kino pālahalaha iā lākou e kaomi ma waena o kēlā me kēia lauoho me ke kū ʻole ʻole. Hiki iā lākou ke lele e pakele i ka ʻīlio e alualu iā lākou i kona koloka.

Paʻa i kona mau ʻano āpau ka paʻakikī o ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi ʻāleo ma ka ʻili o kahi ʻīlio e hoʻomaka ana e ʻō. Hoʻopau mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻutu i ka wā o ka ʻīlio, a me kona wahi noho, ua luhi nui ʻia. Hiki i kahi ʻīlio e ʻānai nei ke loaʻa i nā ʻūleo inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa.

Inā loaʻa ka kānalua i ke kū ʻana o nā ʻutu a me kahi infestation nāwaliwali, pono e nānā i ka wahi lumbar o ka ʻīlio (ʻo kēia ka hoʻi lalo, i mua o ka huelo), ma ka hemo ʻana i nā huluhulu e kūʻē i ka palaoa a i ʻole me kahi waihona ukulele . ʻO kēia kahi ma kahi e loaʻa ai nā peʻa neʻe a i ʻole kā lākou mau lepo. Ke ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau mea ʻeleʻele liʻiliʻi, hamo iā lākou i kahi lole pulu. Inā lākou e waiho i nā māka ʻulaʻula, he ʻōpala lākou. Hoʻopili ʻia kāu ʻīlio a pono e mālama ʻia e like me kou home.

Hiki i kekahi ʻīlio ke loaʻa i kahi allergy hōʻailona ke nahu ʻia e nā ʻutu, e ʻulaʻula paha ko lākou ʻili, a i kekahi manawa ʻānō ke koko. ʻ saidlelo ʻia lākou e hoʻomohala iā DAPP, dermatitis āpau i nā nahu ʻōleʻa. I kēia mau hihia he mea pono e mālama koʻikoʻi i kēlā me kēia 3 mau mahina i kēlā me kēia 3 mau pule e pili ana i ka lāʻau āu i koho ai me kāu kauka holoholona. E hoʻohana i kahi mea pale maikaʻi loa, a ʻaʻole i ulu nā kūleʻa i ke kūʻē ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o kāu ʻīlio i ka nahu o ka ʻuku ma mua o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.

ʻO nā mea leʻaleʻa i nā ʻīlio i loko o nā ilo mai ka ʻohana taenia, Dipylidium caninum, i kā lākou wahi digestive. No laila ke palu ka ʻīlio iā ia iho e kāpae i nā mea e hoʻopilikia iā ia, moni ia i nā ʻutu a me nā ilo. Ke ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻōleʻa a i ʻole nā ​​pulupulu ma luna o kāu ʻīlio e mālama mau iā ia me kahi dewormer ma hope o ka mālama ʻana iā ia no nā ʻōleʻa a hoʻohana paha i kahi ʻōleʻa e pepehi pū i ka taenia.

I loko nō hoʻi o nā ʻīlio a nā ʻīlio nāwaliwali paha, pono e hopohopo ʻoe i kahi maʻi lele nui. ʻOiaʻiʻo, e ʻai ana i ka nui o ke koko ke nui lākou, hiki iā lākou ke hana i ka anemia i kāu holoholona.

E hoʻohana mau i kahi lāʻau loea veterinary, i kūʻai ʻia mai kāu kauka lāʻau lapaʻau a mea lāʻau paha. ʻO kēia mau anti-fleas ka mea maikaʻi loa i ka luku ʻana i nā puloa i nā ʻīlio a he mea nui ia i nā hihia o DAPP. Hāʻawi ke kauka holoholona iā ʻoe i nā anti-fleas ma ke ʻano o nā kulu e kau ʻia ma luna o ka ʻili, ma hope pono o ke poʻo o ka ʻīlio, ma ka ʻāʻī, e hemo maikaʻi ana i kona lauoho. Hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi iā ia iā ʻoe i ke ʻano o ka pākaukau, kahi kola a i ʻole he form injectable no kahi wā lōʻihi. Aia iā ʻoe e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka holoholona e ʻike i ke ʻano i kūpono loa i kāu ʻīlio, i kona nohona a me kāu ʻano maʻamau. ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka pulehu a i ʻole ka ʻili lele lele uila no ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā ʻūleʻa ke nui ka nui o lākou.

Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻauʻau ma kāu ʻīlio, pono ʻoe e mālama i kou home no nā ʻauʻau. E hoʻomanaʻo e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kou keʻena ma mua o ka mālama ʻana. E ʻike pū ʻoe i nā huahana i manaʻo ʻia no ke kaiapuni o ka ʻīlio ma kāu kauka holoholona, ​​​​ma nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā ​​hale kūʻai kūikawā e kūʻē i nā pests. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaopopo he mea ʻawaʻawa kēia mau huahana iā ʻoe a me nā holoholona, ​​e mahalo i nā kūlana o ka hoʻohana ʻana a kāhea aku i kahi loea inā pono.