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Claire W

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I am getting really fed up with slugs at the minute. I really do not like them but I keep finding them in the out house where the pigs are :( I no that they're only looking for food but the sight of them makes me feel ill. Does anyone else who has their pigs in a shed or outside have problems with slugs? Any idea on how to get rid of them? I've tried salt. I've been thinking about slug pellets but then I'm worried about the girls getting to them.
 
Yes I found one in their food bowl the other day - yuck! I don't like them but I don't want to poison them either, so I just scoop them out and throw them on the garden.

Not sure if you can get stuff the repels them rather than poisoning them?

Sophie
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when i was young we used to suffer from slugs when outside and in shed. We used to lob them over the fence but usually a car was driving past and you'd hear this big splat and then the car stop~! oopsie! hehe

they are hard to stop, i think the usual treatment of slug elimination is the best method!
 
When the weather is wet, I always find them in the food bowl, drives me nutts!
I have only used salt, but seems to do the trick.
 
Yes they are always eating the rabbits food and make their bowls all slimy.:)>>> The food is on the upper floor of the two storey hutch too but they still get in - I hate the damn things.grrrr One good thing about the cold weather is that it will kill them off soon.:) They did used to go in the shed but I haven't found any in there up to now this year. I used to put a trail of shavings near the door so they wouldn't cross it.:))
 
Hi Claire, Thought i would reply to another one of your threads. My guineas are indoors but i have a friend that lives down the road that suffers with this in her rabbits cage. My suggestion is, not quite sure if it would be sucessful or not, but you can buy copper strip that you place around plant pots to stop slugs eating your plants it does this by giving them a small electrical shock apparently, could you adapt it to go around the opening of the cage do you think? Sharon.
 
moonie8404 said:
when i was young we used to suffer from slugs when outside and in shed. We used to lob them over the fence but usually a car was driving past and you'd hear this big splat and then the car stop~! oopsie! hehe

they are hard to stop, i think the usual treatment of slug elimination is the best method!
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:)):)):o:)) You little trouble maker ,lol :o:)):o:))
 
We are over-run with slugs here. I've used salt, but it's such an awful mess to clean up. My neighbour puts out shallow dishes with beer in - apparently it attracts the slugs and they go to drink it and drown, but at least they die happy (drunk?). I haven't tried it myself, but she swears it works.
 
Please don't use slug pellets. These pellets are eaten by hedgehogs and this time of year the hedeghogs that haven't yet gone into hibernation would finish every single one, only to die themselves a few days later.
There are many small animals that are killed by slug pellets, including mice and birds. ...They're like a swear word in this house!

By the way.....Wagg Optimum kills slugs....they act as if they're drunk then curl up and die.
 
hi

i suffer from slugs too, i didnt know if the salt would affect the pigs if the slugs carried it into the shed. I will try the salt then the food idea. thanks one and all for your ideas 8:)
 
sueg said:
We are over-run with slugs here. I've used salt, but it's such an awful mess to clean up. My neighbour puts out shallow dishes with beer in - apparently it attracts the slugs and they go to drink it and drown, but at least they die happy (drunk?). I haven't tried it myself, but she swears it works.
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Yes this works a charm. Pretty minging to clean up but it often works better than pellets.

Slug pubs all the way :))
 
Just get some hedgehogs in your garden ... and all the slugs are gone! drool

Apart from that, a beer thingy should do the trick. I think Lakeland might sell one ... but I might have dreamt that! :))
 
Goldie said:
Just get some hedgehogs in your garden ... and all the slugs are gone! drool

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I'm afraid our hedgehogs won't touch the slugs (and to be honest, I don't blame them!). Now that we provide food for them, the hoggies will only eat that!
 
oHh the slugs annoy me big time aswell!
when the piggies are outside i find the slugs in there food bowl at night so i get a stick and flick them all out haha!
But what i started doing was putting a little bit of piggy food on the floor away from the hutch that way they don't bother climbing into the hutch they stay happily on the floor and eat (as i don't have the heart to kill them- yes i know I'm weird like that)
 
MarthaAndMaud said:
Please don't use slug pellets. These pellets are eaten by hedgehogs and this time of year the hedeghogs that haven't yet gone into hibernation would finish every single one, only to die themselves a few days later.
There are many small animals that are killed by slug pellets, including mice and birds. ...They're like a swear word in this house!
By the way.....Wagg Optimum kills slugs....they act as if they're drunk then curl up and die.
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No, we've never used slug pellets here. This is very interesting - perhaps I should go and get some Wagg Optimum specifically to feed the slugs!
 
I used to get them all the time in the hutches, but have strangely had none this year! despite the wet weather. I used to just pick them up with a bit of kitchen roll and chuck them!
 
I've had quite a few recently, lolopping round the playhouse floor. I sweep them into a dustpan with the hand brush and then send them on the longest flight I can muster !
 
Luckily i havent had any problems with slugs this year... DOnt get me wrong there have been loads in my garden but none in the rabbits shed...

However i have had a swarm of woodlice which give me the willies... I have never had anything like it in any garden i have had this one seems to welcome them! :)>>>
 
EWww i HATE slugs.I think salt and boiling water and beer are all good things
 
We had enormous slugs in abundance earlier in the year but not so many now Its far too cold. I'm concerned that wagg optimum kills them since I have just changed all mine over to it - does it have a higher salt content or something?
 
Crushed egg shells works, the slugs won't go on them so outside a shed door, or round hutches should do the trick, salt works very well. The beer trick is good too, I know a few people who do this.

For me salt or eggshells, cos I'd rather drink the beer myself. :)) :))
 
Nothing to do with slugs but MICE,they have moved into my garage where I keep the piggie and dog food and hay.It is all kept in large plastic boxes with tightly fitting lids ,but some invariably gets spilt.Any ideas to discourage them? I am worried about the summer whenthe piggies go out ,will they harm the piggies/
 
I don't even dare sweep them up :red I do think that they look kind of cute from the front though.
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.............but they can't jump or run, so you are quite safe ! As soon as you get near them with the brush they sort of curl up and you can easily roll them into the dustpan. You think they lok kind of cute ?>?xx>>>
 
You know what I feel quite differently about them now you've said that, I'm going to find some and look carefully at their faces from the front and see if they make me feel the same way. :))
 
I think they are cute! I LOVE snails too :) Luckily I don't seem to have a problem with them here but I wouldn't do any of the methods to kill them. I even pick them up off pavements and put them somewhere safe so they don't get trodden on! :red
 
Claire W said:
I don't even dare sweep them up :red I do think that they look kind of cute from the front though.
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Our living room door is also the back (outside) door, floor to ceiling glass. The slugs crawl up the glass, so from the inside we see their belly, and it really makes me shudder. Then next day there are slime trails on the glass which is very hard to remove.
 
christine said:
Nothing to do with slugs but MICE,they have moved into my garage where I keep the piggie and dog food and hay.It is all kept in large plastic boxes with tightly fitting lids ,but some invariably gets spilt.Any ideas to discourage them? I am worried about the summer whenthe piggies go out ,will they harm the piggies/
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You just need to be extremely clean and tidy and try and find out where they're getting in. We had mice in our (big) cupboard in the summer since we found out where they were getting in we haven't had a problem. If other people put poison down and the mice eat it, they excrete some of it in their poo which could be a big health hazard for your piggies.
 
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