Salt and slugs

[Adam B]

WorAl said:

its the equivalent to us having sulphuric acid poured over us....please dont do it, its not nice, just stamp on the fkers, puts them out of their missery instead of toturing them.

barefoot?

[sleep envy]

Parrot of Doom said:

I put a composter in my back yard - the slugs head straight for it, get inside, and don't come back out.

really? do you have to sieve them out before you put compost on your veggie beds?

[mybrainhurts]

What happens if you sprinkle salt on Gordon Brown...?

[bossgriff]

We have slugs in our house as well. We've got rid of the ones under the kitchen sink by smothering them with salt but the one's in the hall are still around. We never see them but just see their slimey trails left on the carpet.

I was told the other day that they won't go across copper which is useful if you have a vegetable garden but I just want to get rid of them in my house. I'll just have to find out where they are hiding in my house.

[Merlot]

bossgriff said:

We have slugs in our house as well. We've got rid of the ones under the kitchen sink by smothering them with salt but the one's in the hall are still around. We never see them but just see their slimey trails left on the carpet.

I was told the other day that they won't go across copper which is useful if you have a vegetable garden but I just want to get rid of them in my house. I'll just have to find out where they are hiding in my house.

Can't you follow the slime trail to see where they are getting in?

[gopher]

mybrainhurts said:

What happens if you sprinkle salt on Gordon Brown...?

Well he's slimier than any slug I've ever met so I'd assume he would simply explode. I can supply the salt if anyone thinks they can get close enough to try it?

For those suffering Gordon Brown's sorry Slugs (and apologies to any slugs reading)in their house can I suggest the slug pub? Simply half fill a glass with beer and place close to their normal trail. Slugs are notorious binge drinkers and will, without fail, drink themselves to death at every opportunity.

[blueyes]

sleep envy said:

copper tape

Feck! It works!!!

Played it twice on Tuesday... no sign of a slug since!

[mrsxllifts]

bossgriff said:

...We never see them but just see their slimey trails left on the carpet...

My brother suffered with this when he moved in to his house. When they lifted the floor boards up there was hundreds of the under there living in his damp! They found the source and the damp! Have a look under the floor in the area they are around just to check.