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07-23-2007, 07:51 AM
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The Prince of Insufficient Light.
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Slugs
Has anybody tried feeding their garters slugs?
I'm especially interested in testing Limax cinereoniger and Arion lusitanicus (Spanish slug), but I'd like to hear what other people think about the idea.
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07-23-2007, 08:51 AM
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Re: Slugs
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07-23-2007, 12:07 PM
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Re: Slugs
I have used slugs on several occasions, I'd have to look up the scientific name of the one they seem to like best...it's the little fawn/beige one. I've fed them to several species, but ordinoides were the most willing in my experience.
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07-23-2007, 03:13 PM
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Ophiuchus rhea
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Re: Slugs
I'm not up on my slug species
but I did try feeding slugs to my garters and they were small brown slugs (ca 1.5" long found in the evening on a Halloween pumpkin) none of my snakes (T. e. vagrans and T. s. parietalis) were interested they're bigger now though I wonder whether that makes a difference
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07-24-2007, 04:46 PM
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"Fourth shed, A Success"
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Re: Slugs
I really hate slugs, (partly because they are eating my veg in the garden quicker than I can
 ) so I have no qualms about killing them!can I wash them first so that they don't slime up my tanks? Are any slugs poisonus? (so I don't get it totally wrong!) Can you freeze them?  |
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07-25-2007, 04:03 AM
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"Third shed, A Success"
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Re: Slugs
Every Halloween
there are hundreds of slugs crawling all over the pumpkins outside. The snakes never seem to be interested. This year, I hope the snakes are interested. We got several new snakes since last Halloween so surely one of them will eat slugs. Well anyway... We'll try again next year and I'll tell you whether the snakes eat them or not.
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