"Stuart Naylor" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:38:00 +1000, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given
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"Stuart Naylor" wrote in message
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:32:06 +1000, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given
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"Stuart Naylor" wrote in message

So first off there is a withholding period when dog poo can't be
added
to the worm farm.

but you can add the poo later after it's sat for a while, if you are
concerned :-) also, medications have changed - this may no longer be
true
in all cases. (well, i know horse medications have changed - one
would
need to find out concerning dog medication specifically).

Dog dewormer has the active ingredient called fenbendazole. Compost
worms
are called Eisenia fetida. If you do a google or vivisimo search on
these
two search criteria, I'd be most interested if you can manage to find
anything to worry about. I couldn't.

The medications I'm currently giving to my dogs on a monthly basis
contain praziquartel

Are you sure it isn't praziquantel????? That is the most common
treatment
for dogs in farming areas to prevent tapeworm, specifically the hydatid
tapeworm. It works on most worms but not heartworm AFAIK. Are you in a
farming area?

The labeling on the packet is praziquantel and not praziquartel like I
said previously. I'm in Melbourne's suburbia.

and milbemycin as the active constituents to
prevent heartworm and control all the other worms that usually infest
dogs.

The milbemycin is the heartworm treatment for dogs which return a
negative
test.

The suppliers of worm farms and compost worms suggest a withholding
period of feeding dog poo after dogs have been treated for worms.

I would too if I was selling them. I did notice when I did a search that
this was the recommendation but I couldn't find any scientific info to
back
up their advice. They might be just a bit overcautious but best to be
safe
than sorry especially if there is a chance of wormfarmers using it too
fresh
on leaf veg.

I was told by a very old professional gardener, that dog shit was
brilliant
for fertilising citrus trees. I've never tried it as my dogs poop in the
bushes (except for one of them who was town bred and prefers to do his
tiny
poops at the bottom of the steps. All his stuff goes straight into a
bucket
and then to the tip when there is a bucket full).

My dogs poop on the back lawn but I planted a lemon tree last spring
which is doing very well and the dog pees on it every time he has a
leak.

Putting it under a citrus tree would get it out of the way and not
contaminate anything else I should imagine.

I'm a great believer in recycling and composting to the extent that I
seldom have anything for our council to remove in their weekly
collections. I put the garbage bin out for collection every second or
third week and it usually contains dog poo and little else, so I won't
bother recycling dog poo.

I put dog poop under my hedge, free fertiliser and I need nothing else.

rob