DiatomaceousEarth Food Grade Powder

I have been using DE for years for flea control for indoor cats (not sure where they get them as dogs are on monthly prevention). Yes it's messy. You need to handle the product outside because it does get everywhere. And you need to leave it down on surfaces for at least two days to be effective. I highly recommend wearing a mask if you are sensitive. I have asthma and learned this lesson the hard way. The fact that I don't have to worry about my cats ingesting poison makes all this extra work worth it. I place the product around my bed, along baseboards, on the furniture cushions and on pet beds. The cats naturally disperse it through the house on their coats and feet. Which treats I have been using DE for years for flea control for indoor cats (not sure where they get them as dogs are on monthly prevention). Yes it's messy. You need to handle the product outside because it does get everywhere. And you need to leave it down on surfaces for at least two days to be effective. I highly recommend wearing a mask if you are sensitive. I have asthma and learned this lesson the hard way. The fact that I don't have to worry about my cats ingesting poison makes all this extra work worth it. I place the product around my bed, along baseboards, on the furniture cushions and on pet beds. The cats naturally disperse it through the house on their coats and feet. Which treats the environment. I use in conjunction with Comfortis or Capstar when I'm seeing fleas on the cats. I use this product weekly for effective control. I also use this product on ant beds outside and it works like a charm. No ants after two days, the whole nest dead. … more

We have been using this for external insecticide on our horses and dogs for several years. Just started using as an internal de-wormer also. Apparently working well. I sprinkle about a quarter cup on horse feed daily. We have long time wet our horse grain. So this mixed in easily and they have no problem eating and licking up the feed tubs. I sprinkle on their dry food, about a teaspoon for 2 medium size Heeler dogs and they lick the bowl also.

My experience with cats: had a cat in my childhood. Now, as an adult, I've had 2 cats in a 1 bedroom apt for 9 years. I recently bought DE with the intention of it being an additive to my kitty litter strategy to further suppress any odors that might accumulate throughout the course of the day until it's time for the daily cleaning. The reality is this: The paper bag the DE is packaged in is of poor quality. Chewy staff are doing the best they can for their customers and wrap this product up in a plastic bag to keep it from contaminating other items in your package, but once it's out of the plastic, the DE starts sifting it's way onto any surface and disperses into the air your breath. My experience with cats: had a cat in my childhood. Now, as an adult, I've had 2 cats in a 1 bedroom apt for 9 years. I recently bought DE with the intention of it being an additive to my kitty litter strategy to further suppress any odors that might accumulate throughout the course of the day until it's time for the daily cleaning. The reality is this: The paper bag the DE is packaged in is of poor quality. Chewy staff are doing the best they can for their customers and wrap this product up in a plastic bag to keep it from contaminating other items in your package, but once it's out of the plastic, the DE starts sifting it's way onto any surface and disperses into the air your breath. Handle with extreme care! I wear a dust mask when handling it. I added a small amount to my litter box and mixed it in thoroughly, albeit gently, with a fresh batch of litter. Any amount of motion or physical agitation this DE experiences immediately kicks up a cloud of fine chalky dust. For asthmatics like myself, this makes it very difficult to breathe. This can't be good for anyone's health. Once in the litter box, yes it does its job well. The odors are effectively eliminated and moisture is absorbed. It's dry as a bone in the litter box. But now, the apt smells of DE because it's floating in the air I breathe. It's probably also tracking all throughout my apt, too, due to it's very fine and lightweight nature, spreading even more germs. I can feel it making its way into my cat's fur when I pet them. Also, I don't know why, but one of my cats really enjoys going to the litter box now that the DE is in there. She's healthy! It's like she's going repeatedly due to a UTI or anything. But that just amplifies the problem for me. 2 Stars, because it kills odors and absorbs moisture. Minus 3 stars because it's packaged poorly, it makes it hard to breathe in my own home, and it contaminates just about every surface. I would never recommend this product to anyone for any purpose. … more

Works on many bugs. Been using this for 2 years. Just recently used it in my basement for fleas. I sprinkled the entire basement with a light layer of diatomaceous earth food grade it works. I will continue to use this.

Do not put this in your animal’s food! My dog got chemical burns thanks to this “food grade” powder. His hair started falling out and developed huge open wounds (bigger than my fist and he’s a 15 lb terrier mix). We stopped using immediately, over a month ago, and he still has bald patches from where the sores were. DO NOT GIVE THIS TO YOUR ANIMALS “AS RECOMMENDED”. I did plenty of research before even ordering this product about how safe it is and there wasn’t anyone saying it would be bad, I followed directions based on his weight to a T and this still happened. Please keep your babies safe!

I bought this to mix with the litter in hopes to help with urine odor. I did not notice any difference and the kitties track it everywhere. However DE is great for many other things like insect control so I will use it for that. I am always a fan of natural products whenever possible.

I didn’t realize this bag was SO much product! When I read the bag and found out the dangers of inhaling the dust from this product, it almost made me want to return it, but the powder’s consistency Is denser than I thought it would be. I ordered this in hopes of improving my dog’s picky eating habits and overall gut health! He’s eating much better! Thank you.

This is great. I add some each day to our cat litter and it does keep the odors from emanating from the little box. Of course I scoop once and maybe twice each day but still it helps immensely. We only have 1 cat now and she is a senior. But we still need to have a smell free spot for us and her. I had never heard about this until I found it on your website and read the article and Wow, it does work. Now we do use a scoop-able litter, but it is unscented. So this works great.

It wasn’t a lot because package was damaged and opened at corner, but from what I can tell my animals wanted nothing to do with it.

The product is fine. The packaging was poor. Two bags of this 'dust like' powder, and then a plastic container of cat treats was put on top. The plastic broke one of the paper bags of DE, and there was DE all over the inside of the shipping carton. This is the 2nd time paper bags of stuff (DE, and cat litter) have been torn by packing 'other' products in the same carton with NO insulating material..(newspaper or bubble wrap) between the two. I can't be the only one with this problem. Your packing department needs better procedures.