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jayerose
09-15-2024, 07:11 AM
Anyway to get rid of them?

thank you.

retiredguy123
09-15-2024, 07:24 AM
I really don't know, but I have heard that if you put salt on them, they will shrink, dissolve, and die.

fdpaq0580
09-15-2024, 07:28 AM
Anyway to get rid of them?

thank you.

Slug them back. Stand your ground!

pjwenz
09-15-2024, 07:38 AM
They wont cross a copper wire, or put out some beer in a bowl.

Two Bills
09-15-2024, 07:57 AM
Salt.

dewilson58
09-15-2024, 08:26 AM
Little veg oil, salt, pepper, hot frying pan, five minutes.

bagboy
09-15-2024, 08:56 AM
You can try Corry's Slug and Snail killer and it does work... for awhile. But, they eventually come back. Kind of a never ending battle.

fdpaq0580
09-15-2024, 09:31 AM
Little veg oil, salt, pepper, hot frying pan, five minutes.

You forgot the garlic.

MsPCGenius
09-15-2024, 12:23 PM
Hmmm... this post reminded me that I use to have slugs, but none in the past months. I think what's different is that I hired a pest control / fertilizer company to take care of our yard....

Happydaz
09-15-2024, 12:34 PM
Slugs are a favorite food of opossums. We have them around in the Villages. They feed at night. My slug population was out of control a few years back and then one day I saw a baby opossum walking by my lanai and as awoke from my nap and I asked him what he was doing out in the afternoon. Since opossums can’t see that well in daylight he stopped, rose up on two feet, looked at me with squinted eyes and then plopped down on all fours and ambled off. Obviously there were adults around. Anyway, my slug population is way down. I only see a few now. Then again my yard is filled with trees, shrubs, native plants, flowers and wood bark mulch. Having some hiding places available attracts wildlife. So my advice is to get an opossum!

LeRoySmith
09-15-2024, 01:13 PM
They wont cross a copper wire, or put out some beer in a bowl.

That makes me wonder what a drunk slug looks like.

SIRE1
09-15-2024, 02:12 PM
I first tried beer in a saucer that was semi buried in the ground. They supposedly are attracted to beer and will climb in and drown. At least, that is what the YouTube video said. it sort of worked, but they were always on my walkway when I went out to get the paper in the morning. I eventually went to the dollar store and bought the long grilling tongs and would pick them up and put them into a plastic bag. That bag went out with the garbage. After a week they disappeared. Either I got them all, or they followed their kin which were in the truck heading down the street. :)

Two Bills
09-16-2024, 04:02 AM
Be careful using beer to trap them.
When drunk, slugs can get quite rowdy, violent, and abusive.
That method is not for the faint-hearted!

Rwirish
09-16-2024, 05:06 AM
Great on the grill. Just don’t over cook them.

Cuervo
09-16-2024, 06:12 AM
Look on YouTube there are a number of sprays and I'm sure YouTube will suggest other ways of getting the job done.

maggie1
09-16-2024, 06:53 AM
That makes me wonder what a drunk slug looks like.

Overserved and dead.

Barryb46
09-16-2024, 07:18 AM
Anyway to get rid of them?

thank you.
MOVE !:wave:

Topspinmo
09-16-2024, 08:15 AM
Just give them fling.

Frank495
09-16-2024, 08:46 AM
Anyway to get rid of them?

thank you. You can cook the in a light sweet wine sauce at a low temperature until soft and with a slight sweet taste.

FredMitchell
09-16-2024, 10:21 AM
Did they affect the taste of the beer at all?

Runway48
09-16-2024, 01:14 PM
Little veg oil, salt, pepper, hot frying pan, five minutes.

you forgot the garlic or use butter and voila escargot

Rwatson1
09-16-2024, 02:50 PM
Diotamacious earth. Won't harm anything and they won't crawl across it

Cupcake57
09-17-2024, 06:43 AM
Sluggo- a pellet of iron that kills slugs but is safe around other critters-buy at Lowes. Save your egg shells and crush them up under your shrubs and they act like diatomaceous earth as the rough edges slice up the slugs' bellies.