slugs in the house!!!!

urbanlegend11

for a few weeks now in our lounge when we come in the room in the morning there has been what looks like a slugs trail on the floor which we thought couldnt possibly be a slug but we were still puzzled till i went in their in the early hours and found a big slimy slug in the middle of the room:eek: i got rid of it but we have seen another trail now and im really puzzled now.i thought maybe 1 but 2 or more what the hell????where did they come from and how did they survive for a week or so??? any slug experts in the house?:p

bagby

we had the same in my uncles kitchen - there were hundreds of slug trails, they were even down the walls outside. We cleaned up the kitchen and sold the house. a bit drastic for you I know but thats how we dealt with it!! Sorry Im not much help

urbanlegend11

hundreds:eek: lol i hope its not that extreme

susieb

We had them at our old house, they can squeeze through the smallest hole, in our case a ventilation brick. I found the best thing was to put a layer of salt outside against the wall, as we couldnt block up the hole, and to hoover every day. We moved!!!

icklejulez

Ive just bought a house and we are having that problem in our kitchen it makes me feel sick. We are thinking they are squeezing up the floorboards under the kitchen units as they were built directly on the floorboards and the plinths(i think thats what they are called) are missing.

the_optimist

I usually get some baby ones in my living room in the spring. They seem to come through the ventilation brick and I find them for about a week or so until I've caught them all. As much as I hate them and the slime, I'm always intrigued how they survive and grow, the first day they are so tiny you can hardly see them, then, every day that I find them, they are bigger and bigger - yuck :mad: (At least they don't venture out much, I always find them in the same area!)


This year is the first time, that we got them in the autumn as well, but only for 3 days, it's been clear since then.

I don't want to move, my house is too nice, so I'll try the salt outside the ventilation brick tomorrow.

ZARA

hi i had the same prob, loads of em, i used salt around the outside walls & in my kitchen over night, as well as slug killer all outside, hard work & next day there was dead slugs every where, i had to wash the slabs in my garden, hard work, but it worked! havent seen 1 since!!

amanda40

I spotted one a fortnight go on the middle of the living room floor!

Then last week spotted it's trail...... up the wall, the cornicing around a wee bit of the ceiling then back down, taking in a picture on the way - how on earth did it do that and we never even noticed!!! Think it has came in a wee gap under my French doors - put salt down there as so far so good - but it is disgusting!!! I will also try the salt outside daily.

smudger1946

Its normalley a sign of rot or damp in the home, piles of salt as above will kill them off though.

Coveredinbees!!!!

We used to get them in our dining room, when it rained they climbed up under the step of the patio door and in through a hole in the corner which wasn't sealed. Find when they get in and seal up their entrance.

Andie2308

My gosh that is really awful. We moved into our house in February this year and i've never seen them inside but our fairly small garden is completely overun with them I have battled on with slug and snail killer all spring and summer and pick lots of dead ones out of the garden daily but more still come. I've even ripped up big bushes in the garden to they can't hide underneath. We've had them climbing up the side of the house and hiding in the door lock I really hope this isn't the next thing we'll have or else I think we'll have to move although to be bullied out of your house by slugs seems a bit OTT I hate them!!!