Does anyone know anything about food grade diatomaceous earth...?

Question

I know it kills many types of worms, but does it kill Heart Worms also?

Answer 1

Hi!! Diatomaceous Earth kills common household and garden pests (excellent on FIRE ANTS) like roaches, ants, fleas, beetles and many others( Controls ants, bed bugs, scabies bugs, lice, fleas, cockroaches, ticks, silverfish, spiders, box elder bugs, lice and fleas in animal quarters.). Sprinkles easily into cracks and crevices where bugs hide and wipes them out! Also use as ‘flea powder’ on your cats, dogs, or other pets without any toxic affects to the pets.

When the insect passes through the Diatomaceous Earth, the insect's movement causes the Diatomaceous Earth particles to pass through the exoskeltons causing fatal internal injuries, dehydration and leads to death...

It kill heart worm?
hmmmmmmmm....it not!!... may be ...
IVOMEC Kills internal and external parasites - Worms, Sucking Lice.
Make sure it is Heart Worm Disease from your vet. I have a feeling you don't know for sure. Please see a professional vet
Jason Homan.

Answer 2

There is a food grade D.E. the only place you can usually get it is at feed stores (livestock feed stores). I have not heard of it being used to kill heartworms. You need a vet for that, because if the dog does have heartworms and they die, they can remain in the heart and the dog will go into cardiac arrest. People do feed the D.E. to their pets as a natural flea and tick repellant. There is also a lower grade D.E. that can be used in the yard to kill small insects such as fleas, ticks and ants. This is the same grade that is used in swimming pool filters as well as aquarium filters. If you think your dog has heart worms you need to get that dog to a vet ASAP.

Answer 3

I looked up diatomaceous earth and found that it kills Ants, Fleas, Ticks, Cockroaches, Earwigs, Slugs, Beetles, Flies, Silverfish, Bed Bugs and many other pests, it never mentioned any type of worms. So you'll have to get a seperate pesticide if you want to kill worms like rounds, whip, hooks, or tapes. Heartworm is treated differently than all of these, your dog has to go the vet and get blood drawn to see if it is negative then it can start on a monthly medication.

Answer 4

It is possible. Diatomaceous earth is sharp on a microscopic scale and will keep slugs/snails out of garden plants if sprinkled on top of the ground. It might work with roaches but roaches have harder bodies and the diatomaceous earth might not harm them. My wife feeds it to horses to help with keeping down internal parasites. And it is non-toxic to anything, it is just mechanically sharp. But you can run your hands through it and all it will do is scrub your skin like using lava dust.

Answer 5

This is not an accepted treatment for worms, or heart worms.

No dewormers kill heart worms. They require their own treatment by a vet.
Don't use the stuff you listed.

Answer 6

There is no food grade diatomaceous earth. Heart worm infestation is treated differently than prevention which can make the dog sicker if he is already infected.Many times it's too late when discovered. Have your dog tested for about 15 dollars (call around) and buy the recommended prevention medication. Have a nice holiday.

Answer 7

we use this in the filters of our aquariums, i have read about it being used in the yard to kill lawn pests but have never heard of it being used on or in animals
how would it be used in an animal to kill heart worms?
you'd better see the vet before you experiment on your pet

Answer 8

No, not heartworms. I take mine to the vet to check for heartworms, then start preventative thru them. Most other things I take care of at home, but not heartworms!