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This is dedicated to anybody who has not been sufficiently put off the thought of visiting us by my last post.

So, it’s one thing having rats waaaaay away at the bottom of the garden (who hasn’t?) but slugs in the living room? I’m less keen. (Fortunately the monster spiders are nowhere to be seen at this time of year, else I’d be firmly esconced in the travelodge up the road by now.) We’ve been aware of their presence in a vague back-of-the-mind way for some time, as we often come down in the morning to a silvery trail on the carpet: I was actually moved to do some research into getting rid* just last week.

Tuesday morning, Cameron was up at some ungodly hour to go to London – his taxi arrived at 5.15 – and decided to investigate. The three slugs gruff (daddy slug, mummy slug and baby slug) were parading around our dining room, bold as you like. On the bright side, they appear to be coming and going via the fireplace, which covers step one of how to get rid of slugs (“find out where they are coming in”) if not giving any clues to step two (“and stop them”).

*Possibly the least-useful google I’ve ever done: the consensus appears to be that they prefer older damper environments (no shit Sherlock) and that one must find out where they are coming in and stop them.

3 Responses to “Slime”

  1. VP
    February 8th, 2008 22:42
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    You’ve reminded me of our student accomodation in Newcastle in the 70s – we had them crawling up the bathroom wall. And a rat in the loo 🙁

    However, I’m sure your house is a lot nicer than our student abode was!

    Have a good weekend!

  2. Sharon
    February 12th, 2008 11:32
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    the only way I found out to get rid of slugs is to get up early or up late and pick them up manually (okay, so I use tongs), then drown them in beer. Or soapy water, but I think the beer is somehow more humane. Eventually you thin the population and they disappear.

  3. VP
    February 14th, 2008 20:32
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    Salty water’s good too…

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