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Mia (Manchester, Ct) on 03/05/2012
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We have been giving DE to our cat two times a day with her food for three months. It has done nothing to take care of her tape worm. This may be because it is mixed in with her moist food. We will not be trying DE to take care of the fleas that I'm sure are coming our way now that spring has come and we have small worm bits hiding around our house. I do not want any animals or people to breathe in tiny glass like fragments in dust form. Our cat will be going to the vet shortly to have the worms taken care of.
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Replied By Tee (St Joe, Mo) on 07/24/2012

Your animal will not be breathing in shards of glass! Diatomaceous earth FOOD GRADE is nothing more than diatoms (algea) and ground shell etc. All organic all natural nothing toxic and nothing dangerous in it. for Gosh sakes who in heaven said it was glass???? It DOES work. If you didn't see results, you didn't use enough or you didn't use consistently. I have been taking it for nearly a month now myself with excellent results, it took care of our flea problem within 24 hours and my nieces bed bug problem! It is awesome - read before you scare people!
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Replied By Melissa (Florida ) on 08/20/2017

If you read about it tapeworm is not one of the worms it helps get rid of. Research research research
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Replied By Neil (Morgantown WV) on 12/22/2024

Since food grade diatomaceous earth is 84 to 95 percent opal silica it is the silica that is a mechanical wormer and it kills all parasites as they cannot avoid the silica in any way since it goes to every single cell in your body. For bad parasitic infections you will need at least double the usual dose to get the desired outcome. There are standard doses and then there are therapeutic doses and the higher dose is what works best. It takes time to kill something as big as a tapeworm but if you stick to daily DE it will kill them in time. Consistency is key.