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Advice Needed on Diatomaceous Earth for Worms

Posted By Angela (Scotia, Ny, Usa) on 01/24/2011

"I gave my cat diatamatious earth for her worm problem. She seemed to get sick and was hacking and coughung alot. So I quit giving it to her. It didnt bother my other two cats at all. Does that mean that it was doing its job??? PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE THIS OUT"
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Posted By Kcin Ar (Russellville, Ar Usa) on 01/28/2011

"To Angela from Scotia, Ny, Usa- PLEASE never give your kitties diatomaceous earth!! I understand it can be inhaled and since it's like tiny microscopic shards of glass, it gets stuck in their lungs! I've heard of people who dusted their cat for fleas with it and it killed the cat!"
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Posted By Jazz (Blackpool, United Kingdom) on 05/21/2011

"Yes it means the diatomaceus earth(DE) was working. As the worms die they release toxins, your cat must have a large amount of worms. However DE absorbs the toxins once u start giving DE you should not stop for at least 3 weeks until all the eggs have died."
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Posted By Lorie (Richmond, Virginia) on 05/06/2012

"It was probably a detox symptom. Parasites will go everywhere in the body, including the lungs. I would keep giving it to the cat."
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Posted By Neil (Morgantown, WV) on 12/07/2022

"The food grade Diatomaceous Earth was actually doing it's job and removing the parasites as it should but then you got scared and stopped it. The fact that your other cats were doing well should have been the indication everything was fine. This was classic respiratory parasite elimination."
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