Dolomite and Natural Goat Care

tlance · #1 04/06/06, 08:34 AM

Ok where do you find dolomite? I have found dolometic lime but I dont think its the same. I'm having a hard time finding anything on the net in the US.
Thanks
Tracy

Sweet Goats · #2 04/06/06, 10:33 AM

I was wondering the samething after I got that book. Also BORAX? I believe. Is that just the stuff you find in the soap isle at your local store? I can't believe that is good for them.

Jillis · #3 04/06/06, 10:48 AM

I had the same questions on dolomitic lime and did web searches. Almost all applications of this product appear to be agricultural.

Dolomitic Lime
Dolomitic lime is used as a flux and slag conditioner in steelmaking and has environmental applications in soil stabilization and wastewater treatment.

http://www.apsnet.org/pd/PDFS/1996/1028-06R.PDF

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/...154710827.html

http://www.ag.auburn.edu/aaes/commun...limemicro.html

http://www.graymont.com/prod_pressure_hydrate_N.shtml

http://www.graymont.com/prod_pressure_hydrate_S.shtml

BUT! I did find one for food use...for humans...and it is not clear if this is dolomitic or not...

http://www.graymont.com/prod_hydrate_food_grade.shtml

witchysharon · #4 04/06/06, 11:19 AM

I was wondering the samething after I got that book. Also BORAX?

Borax is Boric acid, a known poison.

http://health.allrefer.com/health/so...dose-info.html

http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/002485.htm

Jillis · #5 04/07/06, 05:20 AM

Perhaps Sweet Goats, you meant Boron, which is a trace mineral, and not borax?

goatmarm · #6 04/07/06, 12:34 PM

No,Jillis, I have heard of folks using borax( like the kind you add to soap) for their animals. When I raised homing pigeons, there were folks I spoke with who would add just a bit of it to the water for parasite control. I preferred to use garlic and diatomaceous earth.
Borax is a poison, but I guess it can be used in small amounts. I would be sure to get some concrete info. on using stuff like that before putting any amount in the goats' food or water.

oberhaslikid · #7 04/07/06, 07:59 PM

dolomite is also sold as vitamins its just calcium and magnesium.I purchased it along with selinium tablets to give my goats/