My old pet Slugs.

[ZoeRipper]

I'm not sure what species they were, but they were cute.

Until my sister in law salted them T_T

 

[Rick]

My box turtles love to eat them.

 

[ismart]

I take it your sister in law does not like slugs much! :lol: I remember when i was a kid we used to have slug races. The excitment was emense! :lol:

 

[revmdn]

I never knew turtles ate them. So they must be faster than a slug.

 

[Rick]

I never knew turtles ate them. So they must be faster than a slug.

Box turtles love em. They are quicker than you may think.

 

[sbugir]

Nice slugs. Rick, you are so right. My turtles are so speedy it's hard to keep up with them , Well it's not that hard.

Anyway, has anyone ever had the experience where they are laying in grass, and they feel a slug on your hand? I instantly thought a bird pooped on me or I laid my hand in dog ######.

 

[ZoeRipper]

I don't wanna know what a turtle eating a slug looks like.

Aughhh.

They were so cool, Chill is the one in the first pic, being all attentive and whatnot.

 

[bassist]

I don't wanna know what a turtle eating a slug looks like.

Should see a mantis eat a slug. D:

Takes so long to clean up.

 

[ZoeRipper]

Should see a mantis eat a slug. D:Takes so long to clean up.

No thank you!

 

[Emile.Wilson]

nasty goo everywhere, thats why I wont make that mistake again

 

[sbugir]

Haha, anyone enjoy salting them?

I've done it twice...I felt so bad, but oh so good at the same time. Slugs scare me. Every time I lay in grass and feel one, it feels like I laid my hand in old, cold dog ######.

 

[ZoeRipper]

No I do NOT enjoy salting them, my sister in law did and I cried.

They were my buddies.

 

[sbugir]

Haha, I'm sorry to hear that.

I did it when I was in third grade. It was a small little one. Do they just eat grass...?

 

[ZoeRipper]

Haha, I'm sorry to hear that.I did it when I was in third grade. It was a small little one. Do they just eat grass...?

Yeah, pretty much.

Plants.

That's why people don't want them in their gardens and stuff.

 

[Opivy]

gross

 

[AmandaLynn]

Haha, I'm sorry to hear that.I did it when I was in third grade. It was a small little one. Do they just eat grass...?

The slugs in WA love marigolds, nasturtiums, etc. (pretty much everything, and they are pretty much everywhere... I'm not fond of slugs. :blink: )

 

[Rick]

Yeah, pretty much.Plants.

That's why people don't want them in their gardens and stuff.

Yep. Which is why every spring I wage war on them. THey eat my garden. They don't touch it later in the year though. I catch thousands of them in beer traps.

 

[sbugir]

Yep. Which is why every spring I wage war on them. THey eat my garden. They don't touch it later in the year though. I catch thousands of them in beer traps.

Can you explain these "beer traps"?

 

[Rick]

Can you explain these "beer traps"?

Just take a plastic container and cut the bottom three inches off. A container the diameter of a 32 oz insect cup works. Bury this flush with the ground. Add a couple inches of beer. The slugs are attracted to the beer and can't get back out.