Diatomaceous Earth For Eliminating Fleas
By anners from Sacramento, CA
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RE: Diatomaceous Earth For Eliminating Fleas
Under a microscope DE looks like glass snowflakes, and I can just envision the abrasion on the dog's intestinal surfaces. That and it might cause an impaction, accumulating until there's a blockage.
Post by kimhis
RE: Diatomaceous Earth For Eliminating Fleas
For fleas, buy "Nutritional Yeast" bulk in a Health Food Store or super market that sells bulk foods. Sprinkle on about a teaspoon a day into your dogs food for a medium size dog. Most fleas hate the way the B-vitamins in the yeast make your dog smell. It's a natural alternative, but not near as effective as a flea bath, flea-dip or flea meds! Better do something before you whole house is overrun with fleas! Nasty little critters!
Post by Cyinda
RE: Diatomaceous Earth For Eliminating Fleas
The internal digestion of diatomaceous earth will assist in ridding the dog of any adult worm stages he/she may happen to be carrying. However will do nothing for the fleas. I don't think it would be safe to put on the dog's coat either. Simply because in the process of doing that you would be getting the fine crystal-like particles airborne. You and the dog would breathe that in...not good.
Post by thriftyengineer
RE: Diatomaceous Earth For Eliminating Fleas
While I am not an expert, my understanding is that diatomaceous earth is effective on insects because , although it looks smooth to us, it is actually very coarse crystals which damage insects exoskeleton, which causes them to dehydrate and die. I can't imagine it would do any good inside an animal and I would think it would cause harm by scrathcing the digestive track and causing inflamation.
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