Help - Slugs!!!!

[Blossomhill]

We have wooden floors and every now and again we have slug trails on our rugs (disgusting I know). We put some slug pellets down under the floor boards and that seemed to help but have been finding them again. Help I hate them!!!

[colditzmum]

Ew ew ew!!!! Sprinkle salt everywhere under your florboards. Oh I hate them too, they make me feel physically sick!!

[HunkerMunker]

Apparently they hate garlic and eggshells or gravel. But this is really more for outdoors I suppose. Hugs hun - they're vile things. What is the point of slugs?!

[miggy]

we have the same with the floorboards in our dining room-good for a laugh when dh goes in barefoot to get his scotch and treads on one-ugh!
sorry -no answer-just sympathy

[RTKangaMummy]

can you seal the floorboards

well the gaps in them

@ DH stepping on them

[charleypops]

Slugs aren't that bad! If you look closely they've got really cute antennae like eye-stalks that wave around. Quite graceful really

[HunkerMunker]

But they can eat a gardenful of plants in one sitting. Slimy munching buggers!

[charleypops]

I know! they ate all my lovely herb wheel last year! I'm going to find out how to prevent them doing it this year. Can't bear to hurt em though...

[HunkerMunker]

Try the garlic thing - it doesn't kill them (afaik) but they don't like it. Plant some garlic in amongst the other things and hope for the best. Sprinkle eggshells and gravel too (too pointy and sharp for their soft sluggy underbellies apparently).

[RTKangaMummy]

vasaline around plant pots

[HunkerMunker]

God, the things we do.

[charleypops]

Hmm - I'll try that. Not meaning to highjack the thread, but have you ever got slug slime on your fingers? It's so weird, it doesn't wash off!

[HunkerMunker]

No, thank goodness. I hope I never do! Interested now though...if it doesn't wash off, do you still have it on your hand?

[HunkerMunker]

SallyStrawberry - my toes curled when I read your post!!!

[charleypops]

I do that too in my bare feet!

HM - I had to suck it off

[charleypops]

Didn't really - had to wipe vigorously with kitchen towel

[RTKangaMummy]

[ediemay]

possibly a totally unhelpful bit of info - but they hate comfrey and apparently won't crawl/slime over it. I know comfrey rugs aren't appealing but thought it might save charleypops' herbs. Sally, poor thing, yuck! I stepped on a big cockroach with bare feet and still get sweaty thinking about it EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK

[fostermum]

i too am like you and detest the damn things along will worms'we once had a cat who would let the fattest little mouse walk by him but insisted on bringing in worms and slugused to leave them on the stairs while i was upstairs had to ring some one to remove them

[starlover]

I can't stand slugs either! the sight of them makes me retch.

We get tons in our garden and I got a "slug pub" which works VERY well.... but you will need someone to empty out the dead slugs each morning

[LouBeeLou]

I've heard that they don't like coffee. Doesn't kill them like salt but they won't crawl over it.

[charleypops]

Edie! I HATE roaches I'm absolutely terrified of them (in fact anything with more than 4 legs).

[HunkerMunker]

I reckon putting beer in saucers is like opening a bar for slugs in your garden though - it seems to attract them from all over the neighbourhood!

Charleypops - had gone to bed before you posted you sucked it off - ewww! Glad you posted again...!

SallyStrawberry - re chopping foot off - I'd have had to do that too (or boil it...!).

[starlover]

if it's nice and deep they drown though. which is good.
i figure it's better to have loads of dead ones than a few live ones!

i feel really mean saying i like dead things... but ewww