ʻO ke kaomi kaʻa kahi mea nui o ka mālama kaʻa. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hōʻoia i ka holo mālie a me ka maikaʻi o kāu kaʻa, akā pili pono i kou palekana ma ke alanui. Hiki ke pale i nā pōʻino, hoʻemi i ka ʻaʻahu o ke kaʻa a mālama kālā i ka wahie. Aia ma lailanā mīkini paʻi paʻae komo mai. ʻO ke ana kaʻa kaʻa he mea ia e ana i ke ea i loko o nā huila o ke kaʻa. Nui nā ʻano mika i loaʻa, memīkini paʻi paʻi paʻi kikohoʻe, nā ana pa'i pa'ipa'i analog , a me nā mika penikala. ʻO kēia mau meanā mīkini paʻi pila pololeie hoʻohana i nā ʻano hana like ʻole e hāʻawi i nā heluhelu, akā lawelawe nā mea āpau i ke kumu hoʻokahi o ka nānā ʻana i ke kaomi pila. ʻO ke kūʻai ʻana i ka mīkini paʻi kaʻa he hoʻoholo akamai no kēlā me kēia mea nona ke kaʻa. He li'ili'i ke kumu kū'ai o ke ka'a ka'a ma ka ho'ohālikelike 'ana i ke kumu kū'ai o ka ho'ololi 'ana i ke ka'a a me ka pilikia o ka ho'okele me ka 'ole. Me kahi ana kaomi, hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā maʻamau i ke kaʻa kaʻa a me ka hilinaʻi e holo pono ana kāu kaʻa a palekana. ʻO nā mea a pau, ʻo ka mīkini paʻi kaʻa he mea pono pono no ka mālama kaʻa. ʻO ka nānā mau ʻana i kāu puʻupuʻu huila hiki ke hōʻemi i ka pilikia o kahi pōʻino a mālama iā ʻoe i ke kālā i ka wā lōʻihi. Ma ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi ʻano paʻi paʻi kiʻekiʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi e mālama maikaʻi ʻia kāu mau kaʻa a holo mālie a palekana kāu kaʻa.