ʻOki ʻana i ka maiuu a me ka nuku o ka honu

Ma ke ʻano a me ka mālama pono ʻana i ke pio ʻana, wili ka honu i kona nuku a me kona maiʻu iho. Akā, ke hānai ʻia ka honu i ka meaʻai palupalu me ka nui o ka protein a mālama ʻia ma ka lepo palupalu (sawdust, mauʻu), a laila ulu ka maiuu a me ka nuku ma mua o ke ana, a pono e ʻoki ʻia. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka ulu nui ʻana o ka nuku e hōʻike i ka nele o nā huaora a me ka calcium i ka hānai.

E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole pono nā honu wai e ʻoki i kekahi mea! He mau maiuu loihi loa ko lakou. I loko o nā honu wai, hoʻohana ʻia nā maiuu no ka uhae ʻana i ka meaʻai, a ma nā honu pepeiao ʻulaʻula kāne, he ʻano moe kolohe ʻelua.

Pono nā honu ʻāina a me semi-aquatic e ʻoki i ko lākou maiuu a me ka nuku i ka wā e pale ai ka maiuu i ka neʻe ʻana o ka honu, a keakea ka nuku i ka ʻai maʻamau.

kiwi nui nuku ʻaʻole pono e ʻokiʻoki, akā e uhaʻi a "nahu" ma nā ʻaoʻao me kahi mea hana ikaika (nippers, Luer tongs). I kēia hihia, hemo ka mea keu, e hōʻike ana i ka ʻaoʻao serrated maʻamau o ka nuku, a laila hiki ke ʻoki ʻia me kahi faila. Ma hope o ka ʻoki ʻana i ka nuku, pili nā ʻāwae a ʻaʻohe koko! A i ʻole, ʻoi aku ka maʻi o kou honu. No kekahi ʻeha i ka wā o ka ʻoki lauoho, e kelepona i kāu kauka lapaʻau-herpetologist.

Inā maopopo ʻaʻole e pani ka nuku ma hope o ke ʻoki ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻoki ʻole ʻana i ka stratum corneum keu.

Loaʻa i ka ʻano Cuora mouhotii kahi makau kūikawā ma ka ʻāwae luna, mahalo i hiki iā lākou ke piʻi i nā pōhaku. ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻoki ʻia.

Inā ʻoki ʻole ka honu i ka ʻāpana o ka nuku a ʻoki paha ʻoe i ke koena, a laila pono ʻoe e ʻike inā e pale kēia i ka ʻai ʻana o ka honu. Inā lōʻihi ka nuku a haki kekahi hapa o ka nuku, pono e ʻoki i ke koena o ka nuku e hoʻopololei. Inā ʻaʻe a pōkole ka nuku, a paʻakikī i ka honu ke ʻai me ka ʻole o ka ʻāpana, a laila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kelepona ʻana i kahi herpetologist veterinarian e nānā i ka honu. Hiki i ke kauka holoholona ke ho'āʻo e ulu i ka nuku ma ke ʻano hana ʻole a waiho ʻia e like me ia a hiki i ka ulu ʻana o ka nuku.

manamana o pono e ʻoki a waiho i kēlā me kēia manawa no nā honu ʻāina a semi-aquatic. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoki me nā ʻoki kui a me nā mea ʻoki uea (e pili ana i ka nui o ka honu). Pono e ʻoki wale i nā ʻāpana keratinized kahi e hele ʻole ai nā kīʻaha koko (hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma o ka mālamalama: hiki ke ʻoki ʻia nā ʻāpana māmā, ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea ʻeleʻele). Inā hele mai ke koko, pono e holoi ʻia ka ʻeha me ka pulupulu a i ʻole ka pulupulu me ka hydrogen peroxide, a i ʻole hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka piko o ka maiʻu i ka potassium permanganate.

Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoki i nā kui o kāu honu a i ʻole nuku, e ʻike i ke kauka holoholona nāna e kōkua iā ʻoe i kēia.