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I once found a slug sitting on the front of the hood of my truck. I flicked it off and thought no more of it. Later that season I noticed that the paint was gone right down to the primer in the exact slim print left behind by the slug! Yikes! Yuck! That print was there for the life of the vehicle.
Having tried just about everything from crushed egg shells to an expensive copper “fence” in an attempt to protect my small vegetable plot from the ravages of slugs and snails, I've finally found a foolproof way to keep the creatures out. I have a low concrete wall around my vegetable plot and I stuck a row of beer bottle tops all the way around it. It would take a real super-slug to slither over these prickly things. By the way, I'm not a beer drinker myself but all my husband's friends and also the local tennis club were so intrigued by this experiment that they gladly contributed to my anti slug fortifications. The result? Lots of happy tennis players but no more fretted rhubarb leaves or filigree lettuce. A real win/win situation for everyone except the slugs. So, instead of wasting good beer on the little beasts, drink it yourself and even feel virtuous about it.
my granddaughter loves slugs, especially the "giant slug" (we look up the name in a nature book) She plays with it each day when she goes out. she goes and moves this log under the trees. Then she puts it back when
before she goes in. I tell her to wash her hands real good when she goes in to her house and as far as I know she does. I worry about her getting some kind of sickness from them. Can she? Funny thing is she is afraid of most other bugs except grubs but I have talked her into giving them into giving them to mommy bird to feed her babies. No such luck with the slug. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Slugs eat everything so it is possible that they can carry disease and parasites. Oregon State University recommends wearing gloves when handling them. Cultures that eat slugs and snails cook them first - no raw slugs! Maybe you should get your granddaughter a puppy.
Used the beer trap found it empty each morning. Had happy rabbits and skunks and no slugs. Put out small plastic houses with pellets for control and found all 4 empty each morning. Hopefully not toxic to the critters. Very dry here in southern NH this summer so slugs are not as bad as in the past but enough to be a problem. Using cover for them to hide from the sun has been the most productive so far. Have no critters that eat wet newspaper or cardboard!
Now we know where the saying drunk as a skunk came from!
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