Copper tape

Hi guys

I have a couple of bird feeders which are regularly emptied so when the contents of one of them didn't move for a few days, I checked it, only to find 5 slugs hiding inside and the food cover in slime.

So, I bought some copper tape and created this fortress


I checked it again today, and the tell tale slime was all over the feeder and I found this behind the feeder. - Conclusion, copper tape is a waste of money

 

I have come to the conclusion that most of these home remedies are a waste of time.
The only thing that really works are pellets.

 

I won't use pellets because of the harm they do to Hedgehogs

 

Put a cap between the bird holder and the fence may help

 

So that it protrudes from the fence you mean?

 

Yep, then the slugs can't slide and hide

 

I find doing regular slug walk checks, especially after its rained, really beneficial i collect them into a small plastic plant pot and then salt them. the amount i find in the garden now has reduced by a 5th

So regular slug massacres helps reduce the amount you will have and will eventually eradicate the problem

I know its horrible but oh well lol

 

I must have collected 100-130 slugs and snails and relocated them a car and train journey away, but that doesn't seem to made a dent in their numbers

 

Keep going it will i did loads a couple of years ago well in the hundreds. This year only about 20 so far

 

We should have had a harder winter.

No, I don't really mean that! I think I'd rather have slugs than chilblains.

 

Using a 'vine eye' rather than a 'screw eye' would move the feeder out from the fence.

Vine eye



Screw eye

 

Perhaps someone who lives a train ride and a car journey away from you is doing the same thing?

 

I would use a small hanging basket bracket to hang it about 6" from the fence.
WD40 acts as a slug deterrent , but the smell may deter the birds as well !

 

Ahh, but were the slugs behind the feeder before you put the tape up?