It's the food grade version of the diatomaceous earth. It's safe as long as you get the food grade. The kind you put in your swimming pool is very toxic. The brand name I got was Perma-Guard I think. You can probably google it but I'm sure if you google just diatomaceous earth you'll get lots of info about the food grade. The kind you put in your pool has been somewhat altered which is what makes it toxic.
Lots of people actually take a small amount of the food grade daily like you would a supplement. Even some people said they put it in their pet's food because it acts as a dewormer. “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 13:43:02 -0500 > From: longhornf...@verizon.net > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Pet Armor > > Is the diatomaceous earth product you are talking about the same as what we > have to put in our pool? Just wondering. Did I miss something along the way? > My apologies if I did. > > Thanks, > Lynda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maureen Olvey" <molvey...@hotmail.com> > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 11:50 AM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Pet Armor > > > > Glad to hear of someone that has used the nematodes. I just sprayed my > little creatures out a week and a half ago so I really really hope it > makes a difference for the fleas. I don't want to use chemicals if I > don't have to. I know the nematodes can only survive in shade and > supposedly fleas like the shade and don't hang out in the sun either. > Have you heard that? But, just in case my fleas are sun lovers I spread > that diatomaceous earth all over my yard yesterday, except in the shade > where I had sprayed the nematodes. Like I said in that other e-mail, > the DE looks like flour. So now my whole yard is covered with this > white powder and it looks like a bakery blew up. Either that or it > looks like a cocaine plant exploded. > > How often do you guys spray the nematodes? I heard twice a year would be > good enough. > > “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are > profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon > unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me > sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark > Twain > > > > > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 11:13:59 -0400 > > From: at...@optonline.net > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Pet Armor > > > > Zodiak flea and tick products were the real killers of cats and dogs a few > > years ago. > > Because I am a rescuer and we are housing so many cats all over the house > > and garage, feral, semi-feral, and friendly cats - there is NO way that I > > could treat each one individually - the cost would be prohibitive. That's > > why my husband uses the friendly nematodes to spray around the house, > > around > > the cat enclosures - it's worked so far. Rain does affect it to some > > degree, but we try to space the spraying right after a rain and not just > > before. If I do use any product, it's when a cat is first introduced if it > > happens to be flea-ridden, and before a cat is adopted, it's Frontline - > > which my vet recommends if one must use something. That's why I am also > > looking for alternatives to frontline, such as the cedar products that I > > sent yesterday to the group. I've heard from others that they are > > effective. > > Flea collars are absolutely useless; they're poisons directly on a cat's > > neck all the time, many cats develop baldness and irritation, and you can > > still find fleas even under those collars - so what good is it? > > The fewer toxins we can use, the better it is for cats' health, especially > > those that aren't well, why bombard them with more stuff that their immune > > systems can't deal with and need to fight their own illnesses. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
