Additionally, tapeworms in chickens can only be killed by dosing several times with products that have either albendazole or praziquantel in it...praziquantel aka droncit for cats and dogs. Some horse wormers contain praziquantel....zimectrin gold and equimax come to mind. Here's some pics of...
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Does your vet sell DE as a wormer? Does any vet sell DE as a wormer? I need some for my tapeworm cause my regular doctor wont prescribe it for me.
Actually she does but it costs more from her!
Holistic vet huh? How much?
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DE has no effect on internal parasites
And you know this how? Do you have proof it does not work? I know for a fact it does work when my flock got tapeworms due to fly issues all of a sudden hitting them and they are now gone, so unless you can disprove this then I can say it works...
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Yes, wormers are poisons, that's why there are withdrawal times. By the time the worms overwhelm the host, the damage is already done...ever watch "Monsters Inside Me" on Animal Planet?
Then you also know that one worm sheds tens of thousands of eggs onto the soil to be picked up by...
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The best thing to do is take a fecal sample to your vet and have them check it out. They'll also let you know if there are alot of cocci oocysts on the slide. I worm quarterly. I know that the soil here is loaded with worm oocysts.