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Keeping slugs and snails away?

longwalks1
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Just moved house and have a garden 1/3 lawn and 2/3 patio, and already seeing a few skinny, lighter coloured grey slugs, we have a small dog and obviously don't want her licking or eating one (plus I can't stand them) is there any way of keeping them away? Obviously any treatment needs to be dog friendly

Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated

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  • Tabatha_Kitten
    Tabatha_Kitten Posts: 523 Forumite
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    After many years of throwing them over my neighbours fence only for them to return a few days later, this year I declared war on the little blighters.
    I wont use chemicals because of my cats & dogs and I read somewhere that they have homing instincts within a certain distance so I got myself a bucket with a lid and spent many a wet evening with a torch collecting and "relocating" them to a hedge down the public footpath on the outskirts of the village during our bedtime dog walk.
    Ok, so maybe I need to get a life but my hosters have never looked better !
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    Beer traps?

    But it's important not to give them good beer, or you'll get the CAMRA slugs around for sure. ;)
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    Tabatha_Kitten wrote: »
    I read somewhere that they have homing instincts within a certain distance

    Only about 20metres, I believe. It was a university project a few year ago:

    http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/16/snails-homing-instinct-overcome-move-20-metres-away

    Clearly, their inbuilt sat navs are rubbish.
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