Re: [AlpacaTalk] Intestinal parasite control

 

Yes Susan  we use it for all those things too.   I also have 6 Maremma puppies right now and I mix it in their puippy mix.  No need for the routine wormers they give pups.  Yep, my cats get it, our chickens get in in their feed and also all around their yards and in their nexting boxes . No lice.   I would be lost without our DE!   Our alpacas are on dry lot and also pasture.  It still works great.     Richard and Robin Vasquez R & R Ranch LLC 325B Denio Avenue Gilroy,CA 95020 Phone: 408-842-5233/ Cell 408-710-0676/710-7911          A Ranch of Distinction www.LoveThemAlpacas.com                           LTA   --- On Wed, 2/24/10, barngirrl@aol.com <barngirrl@aol.com> wrote: From: barngirrl@aol.com <barngirrl@aol.com> Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Intestinal parasite control To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 9:15 PM   I agree completely with Robin on this D.E. issue.  We are also on dry lot and have been feeding it only in the summer months for about three years and have no or very little eggs in fecal counts.  I love it, it cuts down on the flies here tremendously.   Every animal on our ranch gets it sprinkled on their pellets or grain in the summer.  For the alpacas, I just mix it up when I pour the pellet bags into the containers.    We feed it to my feral cat colony and sprinkle it on their bedding and housing areas and it really cuts down on fleas too.    SUSAN OLSON Alpaca Loco Riverside, CA   In a message dated 2/24/2010 7:12:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, rv@lovethemalpacas. com writes: This is all we use.  We are in California and do not have issues with moist damp climates. They have DE free choice.  I put it in 3 section goat feeders.  The three sections are DE,  minerals and kelp.   I sprinkle about 1/2 cup of their pellets in each  DE, minerals and kelp and mix it up.  For new alpacas that are not used to the DE I just put the pellets on top of the mixtures until they learn what it is.   They eat what they want.  Sometimes they do not touch it for weeks and sometimes (like now) we have to fill it daily.    I sprinkle DE on the bean piles and I put in in their dust rolling spots.   Currently we have had a lot of rain and have used bedding of straw.  I sprinkle that with DE also.  It keep the lice and other critters gone. We have had clean fecals for 4 years using DE.   We will occasionally get one or two that will have parasites with an illness  or some thing else going on and in those cases we will use Safeguard or Panacur as needed. Fortunately we have had only 4 cases we have need to intervene with the chemical wormers.    Our herd is over 100 alpacas and it seems to work for us. All the best Robin   Richard and Robin Vasquez R & R Ranch LLC 325B Denio Avenue Gilroy,CA 95020 Phone: 408-842-5233/ Cell 408-710-0676/ 710-7911          A Ranch of Distinction www.LoveThemAlpacas.com                           LTA   --- On Wed, 2/24/10, Lori <ridineasy@yahoo. com> wrote: From: Lori <ridineasy@yahoo. com> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Intestinal parasite control To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro ups.com Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 5:19 AM   I am looking for any information on the use of Diatomaceous Earth for the control of intestinal parasites in alpacas. I am hoping that someone has had some experience with this product. Did it work? How much do you use and how often?

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