generally a shot gun helps, but makes a mess in the house, so only use that in the garden...inside i like to use peanut butter (they love that) with ground up glass in it, or a little pellet of sulphuric acid that bursts open in their stomachs, i wont use mousetraps though because they are cruel.
Snap traps or break-back traps are the most humane way to dispatch rodents. Don't put glass or anything else in your bait as it is completely inhumane. Proofing is also a very good way to get on top of your pest problem (and by far the most humane way method).
If you have children or pets you can buy a slug pellet that will not harm them , made by Growing Success , contains Aluminium Sulphate i think which if consumed in large quantities leads to massive dehydration ( thats how the slugs die , dehydration).
Scotts make a liquid slug killer that can be applied in a watering can and watered onto plants , its called Slug clear, if watered onto the soil it also kills thier eggs in the ground.
March is the best time to start applying other slug pellets that contain (Metaldehyde) i always get the spelling wrong! Scotts slug pellets are more advanced than the ones made by Bayer which are sold every where.
This is quite a good website if you want more info
Have to say, slugs make me cringe but if they get too near my house I put a glove on and carry them to the bottom of my garden. Where I then put them into my neighbours yard
Beer is good for slugs - the smell attracts them and they fall in and drown, presumably with a smile on their faces. Get a saucer or a glass and half bury it, fill it with beer, cover it and let nature take it's course.
Had a problem with rats a couple of years ago - they were in our loft. We put a sonic repellent in and they left the next day. It needed to be plugged into the mains via an extension lead through the loft hatch, which was not exactly pretty, but it did work. I also used to feed the birds in the garden and stopping that helped too. If you take away a food source they will go elsewhere.
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Scotts make a liquid slug killer that can be applied in a watering can and watered onto plants , its called Slug clear, if watered onto the soil it also kills thier eggs in the ground.
March is the best time to start applying other slug pellets that contain (Metaldehyde) i always get the spelling wrong! Scotts slug pellets are more advanced than the ones made by Bayer which are sold every where.
This is quite a good website if you want more info
http://www.lovethegarden.com/pests-diseases/slugs-and-snails
or
http://www.william-sinclair.co.uk/gardening/tradearea/hirespictures/controlproductpictures
Scotts is probably the better site at the moment , as Sinclairs have only recently taken over Growing Success.
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Maybe not slugs.
Thanks for all the advice, anyway...
Weegie Addick said:
lancashire lad said:
everything gets eaten by rabbits here
Deer are the problem here - at the Mull of Kintyre.
Sorry to interrupt but deer, rabbits and slugs the main problems here in Kerry. ; )
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