pumpkin seed wormer

An article on using ground pumpkin seeds as a mild dewormer

http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/pumpkin-seeds-natural-worms-dogs/

I saw that earlier on another site. Interesting.

i've had a bag that i ground myself for a while and will 'worm' them once springs here more for a couple of weeks then go back to using my DE just to change it up a bit

Trouble is, it still doesn't cover lungworm.

You need to feed an awful lot as well - 1 teaspoon per 10lb body weight per day until the worms have gone (sometimes hard to know when they have gone) - so for Dempsey that'd be over 6 teaspoons a day!

I don't use a preventative for lungworm or heartworm

yer you do need a lot but it's cheap and just chuck it in their food

I wonder if Dempsey would eat them? I might give it a whirl!

What do you use for lungworm & how often?

Caryll wrote:I wonder if Dempsey would eat them? I might give it a whirl!

the boys do never hurts to try as it's good for protein and other things as well

I don't give anything as a preventative for lungworm per say DE is meant to be a low dose preventative but normally in a healthy dog with a strong immune system the body fights off lungworm larvae without the dog getting ill

Hmmm. I won't use DE, and I really don't want to chance the lungworm, not after what happened to Keith's dog.

Shame DE has done me a world of good, but i won't use a harsh preventative anyway

but to each their own

I use this for my chickens, squash seeds work too.

Caryll wrote:Hmmm. I won't use DE, and I really don't want to chance the lungworm, not after what happened to Keith's dog.

finally found something i'm happy to use for lungworm - carrot seed oil

Hi

Is carrot seed oil preventative or for treating lung worm? How often and how much do you use?