Re: [RC] OT what to do with the horse droppings? - Annie George
Hi Susan, Thats intersting. I knew
a couple of really old horses that had been fed it all their lives, nevar a
problem. But I have often wondered about that point of sandpapering the gut. I
personaly only feed it during fly time, and not allot of it. I don't depend on
it for worming. Cuz I have no way of knowing for sure, unless I do fecals.
I just do Zimectrin. I wonder how much each day that poor colt
got? Do you think that could make the diference? I have seen people give
way more than recomended. The idea that allot more is somehow better. I do
know it kills flys and fly eggs in the poop, fed or sprinkled. I know the dairys
feed it and allot of bird places do to. They even put it in grains to
be used for human foods to keep bugs out. and the DE goes into our flower and
stuff to. Hum, Interersting thoughts. Annie G.
Subject: Re: [RC] OT what to do with the
horse droppings?
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.
