I have a slug problem (diagram included)

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Please help me! I am being outsmarted by a slug, or worse and probably more likely, slugs.

I keep waking up to trails on the living room carpet, hallway carpet, on the kitchen bin and even half way up the living room WALL which is above the corner sofa!!! It's gross. Can't work out whether they're coming from the kitchen or hallway.

Reluctant to use salt as I don't want the gew on my carpet if they slither into it, and also it seems abit mean, dissolving them. However if this is the only way then I'll try it.

What time do slugs come out? Tempted to set an alarm in the night to catch them.

I know that finding out where they're coming in is vital BUT, when you find a trail, you don't know if they were going forwards or backwards!? Diagram included to show possible entrances.

Please give me your wisdom - how do I stop this

@Lazysundayafternoons

4am wake up was for nothing! Didn't see a single one and there are no trails this morning.

Clever fuckers!

We moved house. That’s probably not what you want to hear!

We had PFB and I got up in the night to do a feed and there were many fuckers in the kitchen - I stepped on one and nearly dropped the baby. They were eating the dry cat food left down in the cat’s bowl and generally slithering around. Urgh.

They came from under the floorboards and skirting boards. We rented and it was a final nail in the coffin for me living in that house.