Stopping Slugs Getting In House?
How can I stop slugs getting in my house? Ive lived in several houses in my area and all of them seem to get infested with slugs. I hate the horrible slimey pests and want to stop them getting in the house. What is the best way to do this? I normally have to kill them with salt and throw them out when they are dead.
Answers:
First thing to do is place a fair amount of a quality slug killer outside of all exterior doors. If you have plants nearby, move them away from the doors. If they're in pots, surround them with more of the slug killer once you have moved them. If you can place sharp gravel for a couple of feet outside of the doors it may hamper them because they can only move on the slime trail they make.
You can also try cutting a grapefruit in half, eating it, and placing the empty skin downward outside of the door. In the morning you will find that it will be full of slugs - for some reason they can't resist grapefruit skin. One thing they find even less irresistable is ale. Dig small hole outside of the door and place an empty margarine tub in it. Part fill it with ale. Slugs like nothing more then a good booze up. In the morning you'll find it full of dead slugs because they'll have fallen in and drowned.
One thing to remember is to break up all the slime trails you find. Slugs and snails use them like a road. Once the trail is made, others will follow, if you've broken up the trail, it'll be harder for them.
Being in the house is unusual, but it does happen. Try and find out how they are getting in. Best time is in the cool of an evening. Once you find where they are coming in, then you have a better chance of stopping them by attacking their source. Again, break up the slime trail. You may not be able to see it so well inside so you must make certain it's gone. A good strong floor cleaner, even bleach, will sort this out for you.
They may already be inside if you have a damp problem somewhere (in which case you'll need to call in a damp-proofing expert), but this isn't really likely unless they have access to a food source inside your home - like pot plants and/or vegetables stored in the kitchen.
Hope this is of some help and best of luck with getting rid of them.
Find a product(like Diazanon)that you can sprinkle around the foundation of your house.
Keep them talking at the door.
WOW inside the house? that's pretty bad. try burying plastic cups in the yard (bury them all the way up to the top so they;re level with the ground) then fill them up about half way with beer. Slugs are attracted to the smell and drown in the cup.
Surround your house with a slug fence.post no slugs allowed signs...post wanted dead or alive slug signs
Good Luck
You can lay a trail of dried lavender to repel them away from where you don't want them to go. This is fine if you do not want to kill them, but if you do, then half fill a glass with beer/ale and that will do the trick, as the slugs will crawl into the glass to drink and then drown.
sprinkle salt around the area you think they are coming from.. it kills em instantly
You could use metaldehyde or other bait/poison combos as a slug killer or set out a tin with beer in it. Apparantly slugs love beer, they drink, fall in and drown. Not pretty, but I guess it's better than having dead slugs throughout your house!
put slug pellets all around the house, ive never heard of slugs going ito a house befor
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Answers:
First thing to do is place a fair amount of a quality slug killer outside of all exterior doors. If you have plants nearby, move them away from the doors. If they're in pots, surround them with more of the slug killer once you have moved them. If you can place sharp gravel for a couple of feet outside of the doors it may hamper them because they can only move on the slime trail they make.
You can also try cutting a grapefruit in half, eating it, and placing the empty skin downward outside of the door. In the morning you will find that it will be full of slugs - for some reason they can't resist grapefruit skin. One thing they find even less irresistable is ale. Dig small hole outside of the door and place an empty margarine tub in it. Part fill it with ale. Slugs like nothing more then a good booze up. In the morning you'll find it full of dead slugs because they'll have fallen in and drowned.
One thing to remember is to break up all the slime trails you find. Slugs and snails use them like a road. Once the trail is made, others will follow, if you've broken up the trail, it'll be harder for them.
Being in the house is unusual, but it does happen. Try and find out how they are getting in. Best time is in the cool of an evening. Once you find where they are coming in, then you have a better chance of stopping them by attacking their source. Again, break up the slime trail. You may not be able to see it so well inside so you must make certain it's gone. A good strong floor cleaner, even bleach, will sort this out for you.
They may already be inside if you have a damp problem somewhere (in which case you'll need to call in a damp-proofing expert), but this isn't really likely unless they have access to a food source inside your home - like pot plants and/or vegetables stored in the kitchen.
Hope this is of some help and best of luck with getting rid of them.
Find a product(like Diazanon)that you can sprinkle around the foundation of your house.
Keep them talking at the door.
WOW inside the house? that's pretty bad. try burying plastic cups in the yard (bury them all the way up to the top so they;re level with the ground) then fill them up about half way with beer. Slugs are attracted to the smell and drown in the cup.
Surround your house with a slug fence.post no slugs allowed signs...post wanted dead or alive slug signs
Good Luck
You can lay a trail of dried lavender to repel them away from where you don't want them to go. This is fine if you do not want to kill them, but if you do, then half fill a glass with beer/ale and that will do the trick, as the slugs will crawl into the glass to drink and then drown.
sprinkle salt around the area you think they are coming from.. it kills em instantly
You could use metaldehyde or other bait/poison combos as a slug killer or set out a tin with beer in it. Apparantly slugs love beer, they drink, fall in and drown. Not pretty, but I guess it's better than having dead slugs throughout your house!
put slug pellets all around the house, ive never heard of slugs going ito a house befor
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