Pono nā ʻīlio i ka mālama ʻokoʻa ma nā pae like ʻole o ko lākou ulu ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui mai ka hānau ʻana a hiki i ʻekolu mahina. Pono nā mea nona nā ʻīlio e noʻonoʻo nui i kēia mau ʻāpana.

1. Ka wela kino:
ʻAʻole hoʻoponopono nā ʻīlio hānau hou i ka mahana o ke kino, no laila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ka mahana ma waena o 29 ℃ a me 32 ℃ a me ka haʻahaʻa ma waena o 55% a me 65%. Eia kekahi, inā koi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau, pono ke nānā ʻia ka mahana o ka wai intravenous e pale i ka hypothermia.

2. Cleanliness:
I ka mālama ʻana i kahi ʻīlio hānau hou, ʻo ka mea nui ka maʻemaʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka ʻīlio ponoʻī a me kona puni. ʻO Streptococcus, no ka laʻana, he bacteria maʻamau i loaʻa i loko o nā feces ʻīlio a hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi inā pili ia me nā maka o ka ʻīlio, ʻili a i ʻole ke kaula umbilical.

3. Dehydration:
He mea paʻakikī ke ʻike inā e maloʻo ka ʻīlio ma hope o ka hānau ʻana. ʻO ka loiloi dehydration maʻamau ka nānā ʻana i ka paʻa o ka ʻili, akā ʻaʻole pololei loa kēia ʻano no nā ʻīlio hānau hou. ʻO kahi ala maikaʻi e nānā i ka mucosa o ka waha. Inā maloʻo ka waha, pono ka mea nāna ka ʻīlio e hoʻopiha i ka wai i ka ʻīlio.

4.Bacterial maʻi:
Ke loaʻa ka ʻīlio makuahine i ka mastitis a i ʻole uteritis, e maʻi ia i ka ʻīlio hānau hou, a e loaʻa ka ʻīlio i ka mutageniosis. Ke hānau ʻia ka ʻīlio me ka ʻai ʻole i ka colostrum, hoʻemi ʻia ke kūʻē ʻana o ke kino a hiki nō hoʻi i ka maʻi.

ʻO ka nui o nā hōʻailona lapaʻau o nā ʻīlio hānau hou he ʻano like loa, e like me ka maʻi ʻaʻai, ʻaʻole ʻai, hypothermia a me ka ʻōhumu ʻana, no laila ke maʻi ʻole ka ʻīlio, e lawe koke iā ia e hele i ka haukapila holoholona.