I ka makahiki hea e lawe ai i ka pipi?

I ka moeʻuhane o kahi pipi, manaʻo mākou i kahi pōpō puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi i wehe ʻole i kona mau maka a aʻo ʻia e hele. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e wikiwiki e kūʻai i kahi holoholona. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole e hāʻawi ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa mākaukau iā ʻoe i kahi pēpē ma lalo o 12 mau makahiki, a aia nā kumu maikaʻi no kēia.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, i ka wā e hoʻopakele ai i ke ola, pono e mōhai ʻia nā lula he nui, a inā ʻoe e lawe i kahi pipi mai ke alanui, a laila ʻokoʻa ke kūlana. Akā i nā hihia ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ʻia e kūʻai i kahi pipi ʻaʻole i 2 mau mahina. ʻO ka makahiki maikaʻi loa no ka neʻe ʻana i kahi pipi i kahi home hou: 2,5 - 3,5 mahina. Akā, no ke aha? Me he mea lā aia i hoʻokahi mahina ma hope o ka hānau ʻana, kūʻokoʻa loa ka pipi a hiki ke ʻai iā ia iho. He ʻoiaʻiʻo ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana o nā pōpoki, akā ʻaʻole ia he mea pono no lākou ke kaʻawale ʻana mai ko lākou makuahine i ka wā e ikaika iki ai lākou. A ʻo ia ke kumu.

I nā pule mua o ke ola, ʻaʻole i hoʻokumu ka pipi i kona pale ponoʻī. Loaʻa i ka pēpē ka palekana me ka waiū makuahine (colostral immunity), a ʻaʻole hiki i kona kino ke pale wale i nā pathogens. No laila, ʻo ka hoʻokaʻawale mua ʻana mai ka makuahine he pilikia koʻikoʻi ke olakino i ka pipi. ʻO ka maʻi ʻaʻai, nā maʻi hanu a me nā maʻi like ʻole kekahi o nā hopena o ka hoʻokaʻawale mua ʻana o kahi pipi mai kona makuahine.

Hāʻawi ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau mua i ka pipi ma kahi o 2 mau mahina. I kēia manawa, hoʻololi mālie ʻia ka pale ʻana me ka waiū makuahine e ka mea ponoʻī. Ma hope o nā pule he 2-3, hāʻawi hou ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau, no ka mea, ʻo ke koena colostral immunity e pale i ke kino mai ke kūʻē ʻana i ka maʻi ma kāna iho. ʻElua mau pule ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa hou ʻana, ʻaʻole e hilinaʻi ke olakino o kahi pipi ikaika i kona makuahine. ʻO kēia ka manawa kūpono e neʻe ai i kāu pēpē i kahi home hou.

Pāʻani nui nā pōpoki liʻiliʻi me kekahi i kekahi, a ʻaʻole keakea ka pōpoki i kā lākou pāʻani. Eia naʻe, mai ka mahina mua o ke ola, hoʻomaka pinepine nā kittens e nahu i ko lākou makuahine, e ho'āʻo ana e hoʻohana iā ia i kā lākou mau pāʻani, a laila hoʻomaka ke kaʻina hoʻonaʻauao maoli. He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i nā mahina mua o ke ola, ʻaʻohe mea e hiki ke hānai i kahi pipi ma mua o kona makuahine pōpoki. Ua kūkulu ʻia kahi hierarchy koʻikoʻi i loko o ka hui pōpoki, a hoʻolauna kahi pōpoki makua i kāna mau keiki iā ia, e hōʻailona ana i ko lākou wahi no nā pōpoki. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, nahu a ʻakaʻaka nā pōpoki i nā mea nona lākou no ka mea ua kaʻawale lākou mai ko lākou makuahine i ka wā mua, ʻaʻohe manawa e aʻo ai i nā kuʻuna mua o ka ʻano.

He mea nui nō hoʻi nā haʻawina i aʻo ʻia mai ka makuahine pōpoki i ke kamaʻilio ʻana o nā pōpoki me nā kānaka a me ka honua a puni lākou. Nānā pono nā kamaliʻi i ke ʻano o ka makuahine a hoʻopaʻa pono. Inā ʻaʻole makaʻu ka makuahine pōpoki i nā kānaka, a laila ʻaʻole pono e makaʻu nā pōpoki iā lākou. Inā hele ka pōpoki makuahine i ka pā a hoʻohana i ka pou ʻōpala, e hahai pū nā pōpoki i kāna hiʻohiʻona.

Ma ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi pipi i ka makahiki 3 mau mahina, e ʻike ʻoe ua loaʻa iā ia nā mākau pono kumu. No laila, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hana me ka hānai ʻana i kahi holoholona mai ka wā ʻōpala.

Aia kekahi manaʻo e pili ikaika ana nā pipi i loaʻa i ka mea nona ka mea nona i ka wā kamaliʻi iā ia ma mua o nā pēpē makua. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻohe kumu e noʻonoʻo ai. ʻOi aku ka mākaukau o ka pipiki 2 mahina a ʻoi aku e hālāwai me ka honua o waho. Hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia me ka leʻaleʻa, lawe i ka ʻike, aʻo e hoʻopili i nā poʻe a hoʻomaopopo ʻo wai kona ʻohana maoli. Aia nō ka mea nona ke kikowaena o ke ao holoʻokoʻa o kēia pēpē - a ʻike koke ʻoe iā ia!

E hauʻoli i kāu kamaʻāina!