Slugs

[CrazyHedgehog]

eeeeeeeewwwwwwww...

OK, I went out with my torch, a small plastic bucket and spade....
I collected loads of slugs from my garden...
(the snails I found went for a sky ride...weeeeeeeeee into the field...)

I plonked them on little dishes in the tanks and sat back and watched...

Yes the snakes seemed interested, yes they tried, then they went dashing round the tank with their mouths open full of slug slime....
The slugs dissipated around the tanks....

There is slime everywhere....
on the fake plants, the houses, the glass, even like snot in the water dishes....
It has taken me about an hour to collect them all again and try and clean up the slime, .....

but the slime is like glue... it doesn't just rinse off...I tried using a scrubby sponge... that filled with slime and just spread it about....

Eeeeeeeewwwww yuk yuk yuk..will DEFINATELY NOT be doing that again!!

[Lulu Bennett]

eyyywwwwww! better you than me i'm afraid lol i can't stand slugs for that fact i would perfer to stick to pinkies n fish lol

[KITKAT]

eeeeeeeewwwwwwww...

There is slime everywhere....
on the fake plants, the houses, the glass, even like snot in the water dishes....
It has taken me about an hour to collect them all again and try and clean up the slime, .....

but the slime is like glue... it doesn't just rinse off...I tried using a scrubby sponge... that filled with slime and just spread it about....

Try a mixture of salt and vinegar to clean the slime off.

[Lori P]

eeeeeeeewwwwwwww...

OK, I went out with my torch, a small plastic bucket and spade....
I collected loads of slugs from my garden...
(the snails I found went for a sky ride...weeeeeeeeee into the field...)

I plonked them on little dishes in the tanks and sat back and watched...

Yes the snakes seemed interested, yes they tried, then they went dashing round the tank with their mouths open full of slug slime....
The slugs dissipated around the tanks....

There is slime everywhere....
on the fake plants, the houses, the glass, even like snot in the water dishes....
It has taken me about an hour to collect them all again and try and clean up the slime, .....

but the slime is like glue... it doesn't just rinse off...I tried using a scrubby sponge... that filled with slime and just spread it about....

Eeeeeeeewwwww yuk yuk yuk..will DEFINATELY NOT be doing that again!!

I'm sorry... I'm sitting here giggling my butt off as I picture this... ok, note to self, slugs baaaaad!!!!! LOL

[GrapefruiTgirl]

For the record, I had been trying to offer slugs to my pallidulus garter for some time after first getting her, and she showed no interest at all. Repeated attempts failed.
Meanwhile, the slugs were occasionally escaping from the container where I was keeping them and making looooong straight lines across the floor in random directions.
If you're interested, a big slug goes about 10 feet overnight hehehe.
Too bad there's no market for them; I could gather them by the dozens, day or night!

[drache]

For the record, I had been trying to offer slugs to my pallidulus garter for some time after first getting her, and she showed no interest at all. Repeated attempts failed.
Meanwhile, the slugs were occasionally escaping from the container where I was keeping them and making looooong straight lines across the floor in random directions.
If you're interested, a big slug goes about 10 feet overnight hehehe.
Too bad there's no market for them; I could gather them by the dozens, day or night!

there may not be a market for them, but you could use them in other ways

Hate housework? Can't find a reliable cleaner? Try a slug.

[GrapefruiTgirl]

Fascinating gotta get me some slugs for sure!

[Lori P]

Poor Hedgehog... we better start a Traumatic Therapy thread for things such as slug attacks and disemboweling pinkies and snakes who won't shed.... LOL

[infernalis]

Slugs are a normal part of everyday life in this house.

Never fed them to my Garters though.....

[reptileparadise]

I've tried it a couple of times, and they where eaten almost in every occasion.
I use very small, honey colored slugs.

Even fed a snail to a parietalis once. Had to crack its little house open though...