Who helps snails

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@Merapi a escargatorie!

Yes, we tested it once by painting a blob of Tippex on their shells, took a whole bunch of them (what is the collective noun for snails?) several hundred yards away down the field and waited.

A few days later, and with the help of a torch in the dark, we found some back in our garden again.

Bastards.

SALT or SLING the awful things. Hate them

I did move a huge fat slug this morning off the path. There were lots of slime trails about, looked like it had been going around in circles and then just given up. It did move when I touched it with a big leaf so scooped it up and popped it in the border, it looked pretty dry though as it had been in full sun poor thing.

That's true. I use a little stick and a leaf to move them ha.

Snails have a nice hard shell to pick up. Slugs are all slimy.

I have gravel outside my back door. If there's a snail on the gravel I pick them up and pull the gravel off their underside. This makes me feel a bit ikky, but I don't feel gravel is great for them, even if I'm interrupting their journey. I then put them onto a plant nearby. I can understand why people don't like slugs and snails, and don't want them destroying their plants. But all these creatures are part of the eco-system. I stopped using slug repellants years ago when I found out what they do and, oddly,I haven't seen slugs for a long time in my garden. I also find the idea of putting salt on these creatures reprehensible. I don't use wasp spray since I realised it basically suffocates wasps, rather than killing them instantly. I have loads of bees because I have several lavender plants, and foxgloves, and I love seeing them buzzing around, gathering up the nector, and helping the human race.

Why’s that then?

I help snails but not slugs.

That Etsy shop is closed until 10th August but I will buy a bee saviour card when they’re back from hol.
I’ve also seen these keyrings which will make good little stocking fillers at Christmas ready for helping the bees next year.

For everyone who saves tired bees - get a bee saviour card!!

https://saviourbees.co.uk/campaigns/bee-saviour-card/

They're credit card sized and contain tiny amounts of sugar water - just enough to give an exhausted bee some energy.

This thread has cheered me up. I often spot snails on the path into our office and if anyone is behind me I stop and pretend to look in my bag until they pass and then move the snail out of harms way but I'll just do it openly next time - maybe one of you kind vipers will be walking behind me and smiling knowingly! 🐌

Helped a fair few out today on my rainy walk, got them out of the footpath so they didn’t get squished.

I currently have an ant's nest in my compost heap so I've created a 'spare' compost heap (just a box) for now as I don't want me chucking teabags or heavy leftovers on top of them to harm them!

People saying they're disgusting/slimy/greedy etc-that's just the way they're meant to be. Humans are far more 'disgusting' in the harm they cause to the world and most definitely more greedy. Snails eat plants because that's how they survive. I despise the arrogance of our species sometimes-they've as much right to be here as we have.

@Moomindroll crushed eggshells, sand, raised bed rather than ground, plants around that they don't like (anything with thick, hairy leaves-courgettes for example).

I help snails, slugs (homeless snails), worms, beetles and anything else I come across in need of a leg-up. I realise I must inevitably kill tiny creatures all the time unknowingly, but I could never knowingly do it.

I moved a MASSIVE stag beetle (nearly 4 inches long) the other day from the middle of a busy pavement to a tree stump.

Bless you. I wish more people in the world were as crazy as you, no offence 😆

Yes to snails 🐌 - always pick them up from paths and put them in the shrubbery

Yes, and spiders and ants, basically if I can help any little creatures on their way I will. It's a good deed for the day and I like to think they tell their families about the human that helped them out 🤣 but I am very weird 🤣

My son and I always move snails to safety

I do, I feed mine leftover salad so they can have a snail/slug party. It's fascinating watching them turn round from wherever they were going and head over to the food. I move them ,(and everything else) from paths, get them out of the brown bin.
We had a wasp nest a few years ago near our wheelie bins. We decided to let them get on with it. They weren't interested in us at all, just went about their business

Uuuugh they are disgusting, slimy little creatures. And they attack my plants. Yuk.

Copper wire around the top of pots works well to keep them off, and shell fragments for things planted in beds. Plus garlic and chilli spray. But if all else fails, it's a good spray of nematodes everywhere I'm afraid.

I'll leave them alone if they leave me and my garden alone. Trespassing is rude and there are consequences.

Yes if I see it having issues like upside down I will ... I often feel bad walking my dogs in the rain and crushing them, I don't see them!

I have a weird phobia of snails and especially slugs. I stood on a slug accidentally barefoot once and I cried! I was in my 20s! So I leave them and avoid them at all costs