Thanks for your reply,i think they are probably coming in through the garage door which i cant do any thing about.perhaps if i store the food somewhere else it might discourage them.can imagine being overun with the little beggarsand have already had enough trouble with a mole ploughing up the piggies outside area! Trouble is we live in a rural area so these things are all part of the deal.
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Sue_P
Teenage Guinea Pig
Slug pellets
I’m having a real problem with slugs on my new grass that I laid for my rodents.
I cut the roddies grass twice a day and tiny slugs are the bane of my life.
They live underneath the turf so there’s no point me using copper strips and non-poisonous gravel stuff. The turf has been down several months now and the slugs aren’t leaving so I’m thinking of using slug pellets around the stone edge of the grass hoping that they’ll come off the grass, go for the pellets and die preferably not on the grass. I can clear up as many dead ones as poss from the grass after but obviously there’s a chance I’d miss some and a slim chance that the next time I have my rodents outside (usually just for an hour or so on Saturdays and Sundays), there’s a chance they could accidentally eat one whilst eating the grass. Now I can stop taking them outside for a couple of weeks or so if needs be but does anyone know how long the poison lasts for? If there’s any poisoned corpse baby slugs on the grass, when do you think the grass would be safe again? I mean the slugs are tiny, I seriously doubt if one of my rodents ate one that they’d die but they could get a little ill I suppose.
I’m having a real problem with slugs on my new grass that I laid for my rodents.
I cut the roddies grass twice a day and tiny slugs are the bane of my life.
Niki
Senior Guinea Pig
Niki
Senior Guinea Pig
I’m having a real problem with slugs on my new grass that I laid for my rodents.
I cut the roddies grass twice a day and tiny slugs are the bane of my life.They live underneath the turf so there’s no point me using copper strips and non-poisonous gravel stuff. The turf has been down several months now and the slugs aren’t leaving so I’m thinking of using slug pellets around the stone edge of the grass hoping that they’ll come off the grass, go for the pellets and die preferably not on the grass. I can clear up as many dead ones as poss from the grass after but obviously there’s a chance I’d miss some and a slim chance that the next time I have my rodents outside (usually just for an hour or so on Saturdays and Sundays), there’s a chance they could accidentally eat one whilst eating the grass. Now I can stop taking them outside for a couple of weeks or so if needs be but does anyone know how long the poison lasts for? If there’s any poisoned corpse baby slugs on the grass, when do you think the grass would be safe again? I mean the slugs are tiny, I seriously doubt if one of my rodents ate one that they’d die but they could get a little ill I suppose.
I wouldn't use the pellets Sue because you never know if any will be in the grass & i don't know how long they stay active for. I would put a saucer or shallow dish of beer or lager in the middle of the grass & let them go that way, it is one of the safest ways to get rid of them & won't hurt your boys
slackalice2k
Teenage Guinea Pig
Sue I think you can buy nematodes and water them in, I'm sure they eat slugs, and it's an organic way of getting rid of them in grassland.
http://www.unwins.co.uk/nemaslug-nematodes-slug-killer-40m2-pid1504.html
I would advise beer traps and also putting down branflakes, they're a bit gruesome for the slug but not harmful to the environment.
They probably act like the Wagg pellets mentioned earlier, in that when they're eaten the bran expands in the stomach and kills them.
http://www.unwins.co.uk/nemaslug-nematodes-slug-killer-40m2-pid1504.html
I would advise beer traps and also putting down branflakes, they're a bit gruesome for the slug but not harmful to the environment.
They probably act like the Wagg pellets mentioned earlier, in that when they're eaten the bran expands in the stomach and kills them.
Sue_P
Teenage Guinea Pig
Sounds like a frickin’ ace thing!
Sue_P
Teenage Guinea Pig
OMG that’s terrible!
Sue_P
Teenage Guinea Pig
I’ll give beer a go then. My dad found a whole load of it on the roadside a while back but it’s too rancid to drink (Uncle Derek triedI wouldn't use the pellets Sue because you never know if any will be in the grass & i don't know how long they stay active for. I would put a saucer or shallow dish of beer or lager in the middle of the grass & let them go that way, it is one of the safest ways to get rid of them & won't hurt your boys
When we first got the girls, we had a slug problem but then they just left. I would not use slug poison because it probably would effect the guinea pigs. I think the best way is to move them onto a leaf and put them back in the garden. Maybe, you could put cucumber or another food slugs like away from the guinea pigs so that they go for that instead.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
Sue_P
Teenage Guinea Pig
I thought about doing just that but then I realised it’s not right practical and will take ages, there’s just so many and they’re tiny.
If I find when push comes to shove that I’m too chicken to drown slugs in beer then I guess I’ll be on my hands and knees with a piece of paper trying to guide them onto it for an hour or so.
Niki
Senior Guinea Pig
I thought about doing just that but then I realised it’s not right practical and will take ages, there’s just so many and they’re tiny.If I find when push comes to shove that I’m too chicken to drown slugs in beer then I guess I’ll be on my hands and knees with a piece of paper trying to guide them onto it for an hour or so.
If you really don't want to kill them why not put a pair of rubber gloves on & pick them up & move them. Mindst you can't guarantee they'll not come back
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Bane of my life
Sort them out and they will come back at some point.I have beer traps all round my garden and that helps.I graze 21 piggies at variuos times and i have never had any health probs,lawns are risky places anyway what with possible bird poo on the grass and unwanted plants.Hope you get your numbers reduced soon
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Sort them out and they will come back at some point.I have beer traps all round my garden and that helps.I graze 21 piggies at variuos times and i have never had any health probs,lawns are risky places anyway what with possible bird poo on the grass and unwanted plants.Hope you get your numbers reduced soon
Helenxx>>>
They really hate copper... My mum had heaps of problems with them going into her herb garden (in large pots) and she got copper tape and put around the pot bases, no electricity was needed.
Another uses crushed shells around her flowerbeds, they don't like going over sharp stuff. Maybe a gravel moat? I know it sounds bizarre, but I also know people will do most anything to not have to pick them up!
Another uses crushed shells around her flowerbeds, they don't like going over sharp stuff. Maybe a gravel moat? I know it sounds bizarre, but I also know people will do most anything to not have to pick them up!
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Sue_P
Teenage Guinea Pig
If slugs don’t like gravel that’s probably why my slugs haven’t moved away from the grass, they can’t as there’s gravel all around it.
I’ll get shifting them by hand soon,
alternatively I may hijack a hedgehog and fence it in and let it get fat.
I’ll get shifting them by hand soon,
Sue_P
Teenage Guinea Pig
I was too chicken to murder my slugs.
At the mo I pick them out with two trowels and throw them over the wall.
I’m getting about 15 a night but there still seems to be more and more.
The good news is that they seem tasty, I witnessed my Fudge approach one and nibble it up.
He didn’t flinch, he seemed to quite like it!
I had to feel rather sorry for it.
ruledbyguineapigs
Junior Guinea Pig
I was told egg shells stop them. Dry them out crush them up into bits and place on the floor.
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