ʻEono hōʻailona o ka ʻelemakule ma nā pōpoki

I nā makahiki o ka noho pū ʻana me ʻoe, ua hāʻawi ka pōpoki iā ʻoe i nā hola he nui o ke aloha, ʻakaʻaka a me ka launa pū. I kēia manawa ʻo ia e ʻelemakule nei, ʻo ia ka manawa e hāʻawi iā ia i ka mālama kūikawā e hōʻoia i ka hauʻoli o kāna holoholona aloha.

Nā hōʻailona o kahi pōpoki ʻelemakule

Hōʻike kekahi mau pōpoki i nā hōʻailona kino e pili ana i ka ʻelemakule ma mua o ʻehiku mau makahiki, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe he ʻumi makahiki ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o nā pōpoki. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, manaʻo ʻia ka pōpoki he "ʻelemakule" inā ʻoi aku ia ma mua o 11 mau makahiki.

Inā ʻo ʻoe ka mea nona ka pōpoki kahiko a i ʻole ka pōpoki, pono ʻoe e nānā i nā loli o kāna ʻano e hōʻike ana i kahi pilikia kumu. Eia nā ʻeono o nā hōʻailona maʻamau a me nā kūlana āu e ʻike ai i kahi pipi kahiko:

1. E hiamoe ana i nā manawa a pau… a i ʻole hiamoe ʻole ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ka lohi ʻana o ka pōpoki i kona wā ʻelemakule, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o ka hiamoe. Inā ʻike ʻoe e hiamoe mau ana ka pōpoki a ʻoi aku ka hohonu o ka hiamoe ma mua o ka mea maʻamau, a i ʻole, ua ʻoi aku ka ikaika i ka pō, hōʻike paha kēia i nā loli pili makahiki. ʻEkolu Hale ma Kikako i ʻike pū ʻia e loaʻa ana ka pōpoki kahiko a i ʻole ka pōpoki i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ikehu i ka hyperthyroidism. Inā he kānalua kāu e pili ana i ke olakino maʻamau o kāu pipi, e ʻimi i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a ke kauka holoholona.
2. Kū'ē Inā huikau kāu pōpoki i nā hana maʻamau a i ʻole nā ​​mea i maʻa iā ia i ka hoʻokele ʻana, e like me ka pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o kona wahi moe, ua kokoke paha ʻo ia i kona mau makahiki gula. He hōʻailona paha ia o nā pilikia noʻonoʻo, no laila inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia ʻano i kāu pipi, pono ʻoe e hoʻopili i kāu kauā.
3. Pilikia i ka piʻi ʻana a i ʻole ka lele ʻana He mea maʻamau ka maʻi ʻeha i nā pōpoki kahiko. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia e kuʻi a hōʻike paha i nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe o ka maʻi hui, ke ʻike nei ʻo ia i ka paʻakikī o ka lele ʻana i loko o kahi pahu litter, piʻi i ke alapiʻi, a piʻi paha i nā lako.
4. ʻO ka poho kaumaha ʻole a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana I loko o kahi pōpoki kahiko, hiki i ka pohō kaumaha ke hōʻailona o nā pilikia olakino mai ka puʻuwai a me ka maʻi maʻi i ka maʻi diabetes, e like me ka University of Illinois Department of Veterinary Medicine. Hiki ke piʻi aʻe ka pono o ka ʻai a me ka ikehu o kekahi mau puaʻa i ko lākou wā ʻelemakule, a ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka emi ʻana o ke kaumaha o nā pōpoki ma mua o kā lākou hana ʻana i ka meaʻai. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, e like me ka makahiki o nā pōpoki, lohi ka metabolism, no laila ʻaʻole pono lākou i nā calorie e like me ka wā ma mua. Inā ʻike ʻoe e hoʻomaka ana kāu pōpoki e piʻi ke kaumaha, pono paha e hoʻololi i kahi meaʻai popoki kahiko i kūpono i kona mau pono olaola.
5. Hoʻololi ʻano Loaʻa i kāu pipi nā hihia o ka mimi ʻole i loaʻa ʻole ma mua? ʻAʻole ʻo ia e launa pū me ke kanaka? He hōʻailona paha kēia o ka hāʻule ʻana o ke kīkī, akā he hōʻailona nō hoʻi ia i ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi maʻi noʻonoʻo - ʻo kēia mau maʻi ka mea maʻamau i nā pōpoki o ka makahiki makua. Hiki i ke kauka lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka loli ʻana o kāu pipi.
6. ʻaʻahu ʻeleʻele a ʻaila paha Hiki i ka pōpoki i ho'ōki i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana iā ia iho ke loaʻa i ka ʻeha ma muli o ka maʻi ʻāʻī a i ʻole nā ​​pilikia niho.

Pono e ʻike ʻia nā pōpoki kahiko e ke kauka holoholona i kēlā me kēia ʻeono mahina. Akā inā ʻike ʻoe i nā loli i ka ʻano a i ʻole ke ʻano o ka holoholona, ​​​​ʻaʻole ʻoe e kānalua a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kipa koke ʻana i kahi kauka lāʻau i ʻike i nā hōʻailona āpau o ka ʻelemakule i nā pōpoki.

Ka mālama ʻana i kāu pipi ʻelemakule

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ke ola o kāu pōpoki ma ke ʻano he kanaka makua

• E koho i ka meaʻai popoki kiʻekiʻe: no ka laʻana, he huahana ʻO ke ola kino 7+ i hoʻonohonoho kūikawā ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana o ka lolo, mālama i ka ikehu a me ka ikaika, nā puʻupaʻa olakino a me ka ʻōpū, kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe olakino a me kahi ʻaʻahu nani.
• Hāʻawi iā ia i wahi mahana e hoʻomaha ai ʻoi aku ka nui inā loaʻa ʻo ia i ka maʻi ʻāʻī. E hoʻomaikaʻi aku kāu pipi iā ʻoe no ka mālama ʻana i kona wahi moe mai nā kikoʻī.
• E noʻonoʻo i ka loaʻa manuahi ʻana i ka meaʻai a me nā halepaku: E kau i kahi pahu litter, ipu wai, a me ke kīʻaha meaʻai ma kēlā me kēia papahele o kou home. Inā pilikia ʻo ia i ke komo ʻana i loko o ka pahu litter, e ʻimi i kahi pahu litter me nā ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa a i ʻole e hoʻohana i ka pepa bakena kahiko.
• E kōkua iā ia e mālama iā ia iho: ʻAʻole kākaʻikahi ka poʻe he nui i kā lākou pōpoki, no ka mea, hana nui lākou iā lākou iho. Akā, i ka nui o kāu pōpoki, ʻelua hana ka hui ʻana i kona ʻaʻahu: kōkua ia i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana iā ʻoe i ka naʻau a mālama i ka ʻaʻahu o kāu pōpoki i ke olakino ke hiki ʻole iā ia ke mālama iā ia iho.
• E hoʻoikaika mau iā ia hooikaika kino.

Pono e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole he maʻi ka ʻelemakule. AT Center for Feline Health ma Cornell University e hoʻomaopopo he hana maʻamau ka ʻelemakule, a ʻo ke kino, inā he kanaka a he pōpoki paha, e hoʻololi ʻia ke kino i nā makahiki. Akā inā ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka mālama ʻana i kekahi o nā maʻi o kāu pipi, hiki ke mālama ʻia. E kōkua i kāu pipi e hauʻoli i kona wā ʻelemakule ma ka hāʻawi ʻana iā ia i ka mālama holoholona a me ke aloha a me ka nānā.