Whats the least painful death for slugs?

Nooo don't do that kill the little critters slugs or snails don't do 'cute' when your a gardener !
Helen.xxx.

 

LOL roders it is quick though!!!...
I don't do it to the black slugs as they are beneficial? I think.

 

Pardon? :confused:

 

Yes they are stingo,John you seem incredulous here's a link about the black slug they will actualy eat dog poo so they are pretty usefull.
http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/forest/species/blackslug.html

 

I found this big one today, picked it up with some leaves and then gave it a free trip by air into another garden -

 

My mum goes out at night with a big rechargeable torch and a pair of old kitchen scissors she keeps specially for the job! The neighbours must wonder about her and I'm surprised she hasn't yet been reported as a prowler in her own garden.

Anyway, her philosophy is that snipping them into a couple of pieces is very quick. I reckon it is more humane than drowning them in beer or dehydrating them in salt or toxic poisoning with metaldehyde!

Also, mums way is totally organic, and provides the hedgehogs and birds with nice bite-size portions which are easier for them to eat and without the fear of poisoning them with residual pellets.(Slug McNuggets!)

Also, I have seen too many instances of metaldehyde poisoning in dogs and cats to feel comfortable around pellets.

I am not sure about the nervous system or pain tolerance of slugs but I bet this is as kind a way of dispatching them as poss, and much less slippery than standing on them!

[ 23. March 2008, 03:15 PM: Message edited by: Cookie Monster ]

 

oooh i couldn't cut them in half C.M.(shudder) I dont want to watch them die either, ive tried everything known to man and the only thing that works are pellets, im not happy about using them tho, but they are more animal friendly now, so it says on the box,!!!

 

Personally, I couldn't cut them up either - but mum is a hardened hard core gardener and her Hostas are too important to her!

I always chuck 'em over the fence!

PS Not in to my next door neighbours, just in case they are reading!

 

You could always use a liquid slug killer, if you have doubts about pellets.

 

Copper rings work best around hostas, the copper gives a slight electric charge and repels them.

I dont use slug pellets often as they rapidly degrade especially witnh the inclement weather we often have.

As for the pain the slug might suffer, personally I couldnt give a flying *. The slug is a very basic organism and does not have human feelings.

I just stamp on them or throw them deep into next door!

 

Glad I don't live next door to you P.G. :D

 

I think the ability to feel pain should not be confused with the attributing of human feelings onto an animal. Anything with a functional nervous system which can respond to touch, heat, cold, or pain stimuli has the potential to suffer. This isn't putting human emotions on them.

Having said that, I am the first person to dispatch a flea by squishing it, so don't mistake me on the front of getting rid of pests Paul!!!

With the slugs you chuck over the fence - try dabbing some indelible pen on them and see if you ever find that any have been thrown back again into your garden!!!!! Would make for interesting neighbourly relations!

 

let em avvit
Slug-Slinging


We appear to have a major problem with slugs. Whenever it rains, thousands of them appear on our patio... and it rains here an awful lot.

But I've come up with a brilliant solution to the problem: the slug-slinger. In truth, this is nothing more than a common or garden orange pooper-scooper, bought for 99p from the local supermarket. It's shaped like a child's seaside spade, but with a criss-cross framework of slats. The slats make it ideal for slug-slinging, as they cut down on air resistance, as well as giving the slug less to stick onto.

By a process of trial and error, I have worked out the best method for using the slug-slinger. First, find your slug, then tap it lightly with the slug-slinger. This causes the slug to shrink its body size and to grow more rigid (both of which make it easier to sling). Next, scoop the slug onto the end of the slinger. This is fairly easy, as slugs thoughtfully provide their own mucus adhesive. Next, run down to the bottom of the garden and catapult the slug into the adjacent field. The first time I tried this, I got the trajectory all wrong and ended up sending the slug in a loping parabola, way too high, so that it came down SPLAT! on top of the wall. I have since worked out that it's all in the wrist action: aim low and snap sharply with your wrist at the end of your catapulting motion. This helps dislodge the slicky slug from the scooper and gives you an extra three or four yards' range. With any luck, you can propel the slug a good dozen yards or so into the field.

It gives a whole new meaning to the term slinging in the rain.


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EXCELLENT!

You describe this so well - you have created a new artform inter! .... or sport.... or BOTH!

I hope you don't get too many ramblers walking in the said field - perhaps you should put up signs to the effect that a shooting range is in place!....or should you !!!!!!