mansbestfriend Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Hi. Any thoughts about food grade Diatomaceous Earth for internal and/or external application with greys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DarkHorse Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 We like it for internal parasites. Dexter tends to throw up dewormers (twice each with two different dewormers) and topicals don't seem to absorb well, so we use Heartgard for heartworm and DE for anything in the gut. We've never had to deal with fleas, so I can't speak to external usage, but it's cleared up at least two rounds of tapeworms and one of hookworms (all of which were ~2 years apart). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieRhea Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I have heard the food grade works but personally have never used it for my dogs. Hope you get answers here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreytTerp Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Food-grade DE is great stuff. I freaked out and bought a bunch at Tractor Supply after our hound picked up a million fleas from my in-laws' dog/house. This was when we discovered that Frontline had completely stopped working - tons of fleas in the middle of winter. I've never used it on (or in) Marvin himself, but I did sprinkle it on the carpets, and I use it now all around the perimeter of our house, especially at the base of doors and porches where ants like to congregate after it rains. It doesn't seem to clog the vacuum like other carpet powders, and it seems a little bit goes a long way. I'm all in favor of things to control pests without chemicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliemac Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) yep ... sprinkle in shaded areas of the yard to keep crunchy bugs under control too. Food grade only. There are online articles that describe how you can use it yourself (internally) for some health benefits ... i'm not quite ready for that myself. Edited September 12, 2015 by juliemac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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