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Just throwing in another perspective here on the diatomaceous earth.  I
honestly don't know what the mechanism of action is in decreasing flies in
the poop, but alot of people also feed the DE as a 'natural' mode of
intestinal parasite control.  The thought being that the roughness of the DE
acts as sandpaper against the parasites and evokes them to drop off or die
or whatever.

We had a lovely young horse come through the surgical service not too long
ago that had been treated against parasites homeopathically with DE and the
addition of wormwood to his feed, and the owners were very pleased with
their solution until the colt started colicking.  He wasn't even close to
being a medical candidate, he went straight into surgery, and as the
surgeons were going into the abdomen, his small intestines ruptured and
spilled a good ten pounds of live worms everywhere.  Not an attractive
sight, and no, the colt did not survive---aside from the rupture, a large
part of his GI tract was like tissue paper from the constant sandpapering
from the DE going through his system.

So, please folks, if your bent is towards homeopathy, please keep in mind
that the sandpaper effect of the DE probably does a better job of sanding
down intestinal mucosa than it does a heavy parasite load.  And obviously,
the other homeopathic remedy used didn't do a doggone thing to help this
horse.

Hopefully, sprinkling it on the droppings will have some beneficial effect,
but I'd be very uneasy about feeding the stuff.

JME.

Susan G



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