Pehea e hana ai i kou home cat-palekana
ʻOiai ʻo kou home ka wahi ʻoluʻolu loa i loaʻa i kāu pōpoki, hiki nō ke lilo i ka pōʻino loa. E hoʻokaʻawale i ka manawa e makaʻala i kou home mai ka ʻike o kahi holoholona. Inā hele wikiwiki ʻoe i nā lumi, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā pōʻino hiki ke hoʻopau maʻalahi. No laila he aha ka pilikia no nā pōpoki?
Nā pōʻino wai. He akamai nā pōpoki a hiki iā ia ke aʻo i ka wehe ʻana i nā keʻena keʻena, no laila e mālama i nā kemika o ka hale a me nā mea ʻawaʻawa e like me ka antifreeze i loko o kahi keʻena me ka laka a i ʻole ka laka.
ʻO koʻu home koʻu hale kākela. E mālama i kāu pōpoki i loko o ka hale a ma kahi mamao mai ka wā ʻino i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa. Ua piha ke ola ma ke alanui i nā pōʻino - mai nā mea ʻaihue a hiki i ke kaʻa. E kiʻi i nā mea pāʻani palekana pipi e hoʻomau i kāu pipi ke loaʻa ʻole kou manawa e nānā iā ia.
Nā pōʻino wili a kau ʻia paha. Pono e wehe ʻia nā kaula a pau, ka milo, a me nā mea like ʻole ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana i mea e pale ai i ka ʻai ʻana o kāu pōpoki. E makaʻala hoʻi i nā pilikia e pili ana i nā kaula e kau ana mai nā makapō a i ʻole nā pale, nā kaula uila, nā uwea, nā kaula niho, a me nā kaula hao.
Ke oki ka omaomao. ʻOiai inā loaʻa i kāu pipi ka meaʻai popoki kaulike kūpono, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻāʻo i kahi mea ʻē aʻe ma kou home. ʻO nā mea kanu ʻona a me nā pōʻino kūlohelohe ʻē aʻe he philodendron, mistletoe, poinsettia, lilia, azaleas, daffodils, tomatoes, a me hydrangeas. E ho'āʻo e ulu i ka mauʻu palaoa i loko o ka ipuhao hoʻomau e huki ai i kāu pōpoki a pale i nā mea kanu nani.
Pahele huna. E mālama maʻemaʻe i nā helu kīhini a mai waiho i nā ipu ʻoi ma luna o lākou e hina ai kāu pipi. E hoʻopaʻa pū i nā poʻi halepaku, nā puka holoi a me ka mea maloʻo, a pani ʻia nā pahu ʻōpala.
Nā mea weliweli ʻē aʻe. Eia ka papa inoa o nā mea i loko o kou home e pōʻino paha i kāu pōpoki:
Nā mea humuhumu.
Nā kiʻi
ʻO nā holoi holoi
Nā mea koʻikoʻi.
ʻEke ʻeke.
Naki a lipine paha.
ʻO nā kālā
Nā kiko'ī liʻiliʻi mai nā pāʻani papa.
Nā mea hoʻonani Kalikimaka.
Nā Lapaʻau.
Nā wikamina.
Nā pahi kaua
Nā kinipōpō pulupulu.
Kiʻiʻoniʻoni cellophane.
Alumini pepa.
Laau Kalikimaka.
KUMU: Hills Pet Nutrition Guide to Health Throughout Life ©2008