Aia kekahi mau hanana ʻokoʻa e pono ai ʻoe e hānai i kahi manu pēpē. ʻO kēia ka hihia, no ka laʻana, inā hemo ʻole kekahi o nā moa i loko o ka pua, inā make nā mākua a i ʻole inā ʻike ʻoe i kahi keiki ʻōpio i loko o ka pīhoihoi i ka nāhelehele. Eia kekahi ʻike laulā ma mua o kou hoʻomaka ʻana.

Akā, akahele, ʻaʻole e lawe i nā moa āpau i loaʻa pū me ʻoe. ʻIke maoli kekahi iā lākou iho ma ka honua ma mua o ka lele ʻana, e like me nā pueo, a no laila ʻaʻole koi i kahi kōkua kūikawā. Hoʻohui ʻia, pāpā kapu ʻia ka lawe ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana o nā holoholona hihiu no nā kānaka. Ma mua o ka hemo ʻana o kahi manu ʻāhiu mai kona kaiapuni, koi nui ʻia e hoʻopili aku i ka Hui no ka Puʻukū ʻana o nā Manu (LPO) a i ʻole ke kikowaena mālama holoholona lōhi kokoke.

Pili ke koho ʻana o ka meaʻai i ka ʻano manu e hānai ikaika ʻia. ʻOiai, he manuahi kekahi manu, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻai lākou i nā ʻanoʻano, ʻoiai he insectivorous kekahi, e laʻa me. No laila he mea pono ia, ma ke ʻanuʻu mua, e aʻo e pili ana i ka pono o nā meaola o ka laha i nīnau ʻia. E akahele, i kekahi ʻano manu e ʻai ana i ka palaoa, pau nā ʻōpio i ka ulu i nā mea kolo, ʻoi aku ka momona o ka protein.

No nā manu hoa e like me psittacines (parakeets, conures, parrots, etc.) a i ʻole colombids (nūnū, nūnū, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe), aia nā meaʻai kikoʻī i ke kālepa. A laila lawa ia e koho i kahi meaʻai kūpono a mahalo i nā nui i kuhikuhi ʻia e ka mea hana. ʻO kekahi mau meaʻai i ke ʻano o kahi wai e hoʻoponopono hou ʻia mai kahi pauka, e like me ka pēpē pēpē. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe i ke ʻano o ka mash e like me ka mash hua manu e hoʻomākū ʻia e hana i nā pōpō liʻiliʻi.

E pili ana i nā manu ʻāhiu, paipai ikaika ʻia ʻaʻole e hānai iā lākou iho. Pono e pāpā ʻia ka hana ʻai a me ke koho ʻana o ka hānai i nā limahana mākaukau a mākaukau hoʻi. No laila he mea pono e kāhea aku i ke kikowaena mālama holoholona a i ʻole ka relay LPO kokoke loa. E haʻi lākou iā ʻoe, ma muli o ka laha a me ka makahiki i manaʻo ʻia o ka manu pēpē, inā makemake ia i kahi pāʻina ma mua o ka mālama ʻia ʻana.

ʻO ka mea mua loa, pono ʻoe e holoi i kou mau lima me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā pono i hoʻohana ʻia ma mua o ka lawelawe ʻana i ka moa. E like me nā holoholona ʻōpio āpau, ʻoi aku ka palupalu a maʻalahi hoʻi i ka maʻi. A laila, e hilinaʻi ka hana hānai ikaika i ka laha o ka manu, kona mau makahiki a me kona kūlana olakino.

Inā olakino ka manu ʻōpio, ʻo ka mea kūpono ke hoʻohua i ka hānai maoli a nā mākua. No laila, no ka laʻana, no nā colombids, e hele mai ka ʻōpio a kiʻi pololei i ka waiū hua mai ka nuku o nā mākua. No laila hiki i kahi hāmeʻa ke hana ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka syringe o ke anawaena nui (ʻoi aku ma mua o 1 mL) a me ka leki uila hoʻopili ponoʻī. ʻO nā mea āu e hana ai ʻokiʻoki i ka hopena o ka syringe a uhi i ka hopena ʻoki me ka lipine kaula, e waiho ana i kahi ʻoki liʻiliʻi.

Hiki ke kau ʻia ka meaʻai kuʻina i loko o ka syringe e hāʻawi ʻia i ke kiʻekiʻe, ma luna o ke keiki, e mimic i ka ʻāʻī o ka makua.

Inā he insectivore ka manu pēpē a pono ʻoe e lawelawe i nā ilo liʻiliʻi iā ia, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā forceps maʻalahi. ʻAʻole e koi ka piko o ka mea kani i mea e hōʻeha ʻole ai i ka waha waha o ka moa. Hiki ke ʻūlū ʻia ka ilo a hāʻawi ʻia ma luna o ka nuku o ka pēpē. E wehe ka hope i ka nuku a kali i ka ʻenemi e waiho ʻia i loko. Hiki i ka chitin o nā ʻenuhe (ka pūpū paʻakikī) i kekahi manawa ke paʻakikī i nā manu ʻōpio ke ʻeli a hiki ke lawe ʻia e kōkua i ka digestion.

Inā maikaʻi ʻole ke ʻano o ka hake a i ʻole he wai ka meaʻai i mōhai ʻia, pono paha ka hoʻāʻo ʻana. I kēia hihia, pono e hoʻopili i kahi kuʻina atraumatic i ka syringe piha o ka gavage. Hiki ke loli, i ka silikona, a paʻakikī paha, i ka hao. Pono e pahu i ka meaʻai wai a hiki i ka hopena o ke kuʻina e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ka nui o ka ea i hoʻolauna ʻia i loko o ka digestive tract. Mālama mālie i ka manu me hoʻokahi lima, lālau i kona poʻo, ma lalo pono o nā mandibles, ma waena o nā manamana ʻelua. E pelu mālie i ka ʻāʻī, pololei, a wehe i ka nuku me ka ʻole o ka ikaika. E akahele, mai hoʻoikaika i ka waha waha, hiki ke haki. Ke wehe ka nuku, hoʻokomo i ka ʻimi i loko o ka esophagus o ka manu a i ʻole hua, e pale ana i ka trachea (ka puka liʻiliʻi ma ke kumu o ke alelo). E hana ai i kēia, e hoʻoneʻe wale i ka probe ma hope o ka ʻāʻī. E hoʻokuʻi pono i ka gavage ma o ka hulina, e ʻike pono ʻaʻohe reflux i ka waha o ka waha. ʻO ka makaʻu ka piʻi ʻana o ka meaʻai a hāʻule i ka trachea. Ke pau, hiki iā ʻoe ke holoi i ka probe me kahi wai ʻoluʻolu. Wehe i ka hoʻāʻo me ka hemo ʻole o ka nīele.

No nā manu me kahi mea kanu, pono e haha ​​aku iā ia ma mua o ka hānai ʻana ʻana i mea e hānai ai i kahi manu i piha kāna hua. ʻO kona kūlana hoʻopihapiha e kuhikuhi pū i ka mele o nā hānai (maʻamau i kēlā me kēia 2 hola a ʻoi paha).

I ka hopena, ʻo ka hānai ʻana i kahi manu pēpē ʻaʻole ia he hana nui. ʻO ke koho ʻana o ka meaʻai a me ke kiʻina i hoʻohana nui ʻia a hilinaʻi ʻia i ka laha, ka makahiki a me ke olakino o ka manu. Hiki i kahi meaʻai kūpono ʻole a i ʻole nā ​​hana maikaʻi ʻole ke alakaʻi, i ka hihia maikaʻi loa, i ka make ʻana o ka holoholona. No laila, ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana, koi ʻia e ʻimi i nā ʻōlelo aʻo mai ka loea (kauka holoholona, ​​mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa, mea hānai).