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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.
The primitive respiratory systems of insects consist of little paper-thin
sheets--these are cut to shreds in the emerging adult flies by the little
micro-sharp edges on the DE.

Heidi


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