Ehara tō mōkai i te kararehe noa iho—he whānau rātou. Mā ā mātou tauira mōkai hangai ka taea e koe te pupuri i taua hononga ki ō ringaringa, me ia tuitui i hangaia kia rite ki tōna wairua ahurei. Tīmata mā te tukuake i te 3–5 whakaahua kounga teitei (e whakaatu ana i ō rātou mata, tinana, me ngā tohu ahurei: he pito waewae mā, he rārangi tabby hina, he taringa piko rānei), ā, ka tīmata tā mātou kapa tohunga toi ki te mahi. Ma te whakamahi i ngā papanga huruhuru rūpahu kounga teitei (e rite ana ki te tae me te kakano o tō mōkai), he whakakī hypoallergenic, me ngā taipitopito peita-ā-ringa (mai i te tae kanohi ki te āhua o te ihu), ka hangaia e mātou he mōkai e whakaata ana i te āhua me te ahua o tō mōkai.

Kāore mātou e tapahi i ngā kokonga: mēnā he tūru wīra tō mōkai, he bandana tino pai, he tū motuhake rānei (pērā i te whakapiko i tōna hiku), ka tāruatia e mātou aua taipitopito anō hoki—nā te mea ko ō rātou āhuatanga motuhake te mea e motuhake ai rātou. Kōwhiria he rahi e rite ana ki ō hiahia: 10” (he tino pai mō te tēpu, mō te pēke rānei), 16” (he pai mō te awhi), 24” rānei (he taonga whakahirahira mō tō kāinga). Whakapai ake ki ngā pire taumaha (hei whakaata i te taumaha o tō mōkai ina pupuri koe i a ia) he putea mahara huna rānei (hei tāpiri i te kara, te whakaahua, te maumaharatanga iti rānei).

Kei roto i ia ota he 2–3 tauira arokite, kia taea ai e koe te tono whakarerekētanga i mua i te whakaotinga o tō kete whakapaipai—e hiahia ana mātou kia rite ki tāu mōkai, kaua ki tētahi taonga takaro noa iho. Kia oti, ka tākaihia tō kete whakapaipai me te haumaru, ā, ka tukuna atu me te aroturuki; e 6–8 wiki te roa o te tukunga paerewa (ka whakaitihia tēnei ki te 4 wiki mō ngā koha, ngā whakamaharatanga rānei e hiahiatia ana e te whakaputanga tere).