Slugs in Da House !

Once again this morning, I found 2 large slugs around Mayas bowl ! I cannot work out how they get into the house ? The feeding bowl is near the backdoor which is a new UPVC door, when this closes it is virtually water tight ! I will start another slug pellet regime around the backdoor step and maybe a few behind the fridge. I just want to know how they get in , they all can't stick to the dog while she is in the garden - any ideas

 

They get in my house by either squeezing through the cast iron air bricks and finding a gap in the floorboards, or climbing up the walls and getting in through windows. Window boxes seems to encourage the latter.

 

they stick to objects that are in the garden and then they fall down when these objects are brought indoors, even passing by.

 

My daughter had a similar problem when she moved into an Edwardian house. She kept finding them climbing the fridge and cupboard doors most mornings.
We initally thought they were coming througha gap around the Outlet pipe under the sink. Pointing was done to fill any gaps.
They still kept appearing.
Eventually we found the problem was due to water leeching through Floor Tiles fitted by the previous owner. Water had damaged and rotted the floorboards below and the slugs were coming through where one of the tiles had lifted as the boards swelled.
New Flooring - no more Slugs.

 

They used to lurk on the lightswitch in the kitchen. That was bad enough, but the worse one was picking up an open beer can in the dark & putting a 4 inch slug straight into my mouth.

Don't drink beer anymore.

 

I have noticed thread like snail trails on carpets - but saw no snails! However, my garden and plants are invested by the tiny Cepaea hortensis - as I discovered just now that it is called! There were a few last year and I thought that they were baby snails, but this year they are myriad! Any other sufferers?

 

Slugs and snails hide under the sofa & armchairs and come out at night

 

My problem isn't slugs and snails but woodlice, I have solid floors and have no idea where they are coming from.

 

We do get the occasional slug or snail roaming around the kitchen in our house, usually a rogue one which has entered the house buried in the depths of a lettuce or cabbage brought in from the garden.
We also had several random earwigs turn up indoors this summer, I think they were probably hidden away in the sweet corn.
My most random 'indoor bug' experience lately though was one night last week.
It's November, it's 4 o'clock in the morning, it's dark, I'm asleep in bed, something wakes me up.....I've just been stung by a wasp!! :OUCH:
Where did that come from? I guess it must have been hibernating somewhere in the bedroom and woke up after the unusually mild weather.

 

Not nice Trunky, I got stung in the middle of the English Channel last year, a well known area for rotting fruit.

 

The woodlice hitch rides on snails that climb up walls and get in through your windows. The snails then hide under your sofa whilst the woodlice run amok, normally heading for the kitchen or bathroom:

 

I keep finding a few wandering slugs in kitchen & living room each time it rains but i've not quite figured out how they are getting in, its always the same type though.

 

Thanks all for the inputs..........

As I have solid floors and a fully sealing door its still a bit off a mystery how they get in .
The little blighters must be teleporting in - " beam me up sluggy " :D I will maintain my slug pellet regime for a couple of weeks. At what temperature would slugs and snails become dormant and hibernate They seem to be very active due to this warm November.​