Slugs

[gnasher16 31,602]

A saucer of beer eh ?......What like just plonked in the middle of the floor ?

 

The sheds not rotting or anything and im a bit obssessive with animal hygiene you could eat your dinner off the cage floors most of the time and the seed bins have locking lids etc so its not a dirty smelly gaff by any means......i,ll take a pic of them tonight there was a real weird one last night like a grey and black spotty thing.....im just worried about them getting in the bird cages i dont suppose they,re all that good for a bird if they start pecking at them !..............i,ll have a look into the copper strips as well,cheers

[lukey 1,621]

I tryed the beer never worked with me, go on YouTube look up how to make slug traps. And if they have only just started appearing then chances are they will get worse

[Truther 1,579]

Slugs and snails carry a good few parasites, dangerous to humans and dogs, lungworm in particular, they shit the eggs out all over. I get loads here, i usually feed the dogs on the patio and if i don't pick the bowls up there's slugs all over them in minutes, i always wash the bowls before each feed though, even when i do pick them up after i feed. Lungworm can be fatal to dogs (and humans i think?) it can cause anemia and a type of Hemophilia, better safe than sorry, Thought that was worth a mention.

[Bosun11 537]

Beer traps work well, best if you sink a jar in the ground outside. Salts good but messy and like copper is only a deterent unless poured direct. I'd just get some good 'ol slug pellets and put em out of harms way, like under the shed. Not a slug or snail in sight within a couple of days.

[treecreeper 1,136]

Pain in the arse when your fishing. I got one inside my sleeping bag got the mrs to take it dry cleaners lol. Read a post on a fishing forum where a lads mate come running out of his bivvy in the morning screaming he gone blind he had one of the black and orange onesuck to his eye ball

Edited November 19, 2014 by treecreeper

[lurcherman 887 13,445]

Hahaha chub love them

[gnasher16 31,602]

Beer traps work well, best if you sink a jar in the ground outside. Salts good but messy and like copper is only a deterent unless poured direct. I'd just get some good 'ol slug pellets and put em out of harms way, like under the shed. Not a slug or snail in sight within a couple of days.

 

Its on a concrete base but i think i,ll do that sink a few jars around it and get some good old school pellets see how we get on......i take it they,re not fussy lager or bitter ?

[twobob 1,519]

bitter gnasher

[Blackbriar 8,569]

bitter gnasher

Obviously, he's a bit upset about it ............... !

[antg 1,816]

 

Beer traps work well, best if you sink a jar in the ground outside. Salts good but messy and like copper is only a deterent unless poured direct. I'd just get some good 'ol slug pellets and put em out of harms way, like under the shed. Not a slug or snail in sight within a couple of days.

 

Its on a concrete base but i think i,ll do that sink a few jars around it and get some good old school pellets see how we get on......i take it they,re not fussy lager or bitter ?

 

dont put john smiths in ya trap gnasher......... its nothing remotely like beer

[Bosun11 537]

Bitter Gnash, you may have to come up north to get propper stuff...!

[gnasher16 31,602]

Bitter Gnash, you may have to come up north to get propper stuff...!

............Maybe i,ll bring a few proper footballers up and do a part exchange