Compost bin full of slugs - help!

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I've already posted in pets because we're about to get a puppy and the main concern is that slugs can carry lungworm.

A question for gardeners - am I simply cultivating slugs, as they are obviously very happy in the compost bin! If they lay their eggs in the bin's lovely rich compost, and I then helpfully spread this all over the garden, and I simply encouraging a population leap? And if so any tips?

So far I have been reduced to removing slugs by hand from bin (eight yesterday), putting them in a plastic bag and surreptitiously adding this to the landfill bin just before collection. Which is possibly over the top. But obviously I'm not going to use slug pellets. Or should I just let the slugs live in peace?

Thanks for any advice.

You could try nemaslug - microorganisms which kill slugs - a natural predator but you can buy them in larger quantities? Dilute in water and water your compost heap.

Do you have an enclosed compost bin?

Hadn't thought of nemaslug Ib - will give that a try.

C - bin is enclosed - a basic council provided green bin with lid. In two other gardens we've used same bin with no problem.

One other thing to try (you'll have to wait until the frosts start again) is to find the slug eggs - usually in the bin. They'll be whitish round things or in other sheltered places around the garden. If you overturn them and expose in the evening, the frost kills them over night. That can help reduce the population come next spring.