ʻO ka terrarium kahi pahu aniani no nā holoholona a me nā mea kanu. ʻO ka terrarium kekahi mea like me ka aquarium, akā ʻaʻole no ka iʻa, akā no nā holoholona ʻē aʻe. Ma muli o nā holoholona e noho ai, ʻokoʻa ke ʻano o ka terrarium. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo terrarium mai ka huaʻōlelo Latin "terra" ʻo ia ka ʻāina a i ʻole ka honua.
Kapa ʻia ka terrarium ma muli o ka ʻāina e hana hou ʻia nei. I loko o kahi terrarium wao nahele, no ka laʻana, pono nā holoholona e like me lākou i ka wao nahele. Pono ia ʻano terrarium no nā holoholona e noho ana i ke ʻano i nā wao nahele. Hiki ke loaʻa nā wahi me ka wai i loko o ka terrarium: ʻo ia ka aqua terrarium.
Inā kūkulu ʻoe i terrarium, makemake ʻoe e mālama i nā holoholona i loko o ka hale. He holoholona kūikawā kēia i hiki ʻole ke noho wale i loko o ke keʻena. E make a poino paha ke keena. He pōʻino kekahi mau holoholona i nā kānaka, e like me kekahi ʻano nahesa a me nā ʻāwīwī.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā terrariums ma nā zoos a me nā hale kūʻai holoholona. Makemake pinepine ʻoe e hoʻokaʻawale i nā holoholona mai kekahi i kekahi, no laila ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻokomo iā lākou i loko o kahi pā nui. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻai kekahi i kekahi. Aia kekahi mau terrariums no ka quarantine: ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka holoholona mai nā mea ʻē aʻe no kekahi manawa. Nānā kekahi inā he maʻi ka holoholona.