SLUGS

[sime42]

Coming into the house. Quite often when I go downstairs in the morning I notice slime trails all over the place. It's happened previous years, normally around this time I think. Lounge, kitchen, downstairs toilet. We can put up with them leaving trails on the floor, but it's getting quite rank when they're in food cupboards and on the worktops and chopping board.

Anyone else experienced this? Any solutions?

I looked around but can't find anywhere obvious that they're getting in. I thought maybe the airbricks to ventilate the floor so put slug pellets around these outside but no improvement.

I hate the foul things! It's bad enough that they try to eat all our garden produce, now they're after our food in the house as well.

[gary112]

Don't know what to do to stop em but if it's any consolation we have the same trouble this time of year lots of little ones

[Woodworks]

Not nice. Used to live in an old farmhouse that this was a common thing. Never fun going downstairs in the middle of the night and having one squish between the toes. Never worked out where they got in. Tried tracing the trails but they seem to be able to cover their tracks.  Good luck maybe a house duck 

[Dan Maynard]

I guess leave the heating on at 25C would work.

I don't know if it works but copper slug tape under the lip of all the worktops might deter them?

[Stere]

25C won't stop them polytunnel gets to 40C  still has slugs in it

 

Go down at night and kill them.

[sime42]

Buggered if I'm going to leave the heating on all night just to keep them at bay. I'm not spending money on the dirty little blighters. Thanks anyway for the idea Dan. The copper tape idea on the other hand is a very good one. I use copper in the garden and it works a treat. Out there though I make my own copper rings out of cut and flattened plumbing pipe, much cheaper and sturdier, lasts forever.

[felixthelogchopper]

Could they be being brought in by pets? We have a long haired cat that lays out in the garden and we have found them on his fur when he has been out late at night.

[pie eater pete]

Pet frog.

[Conor Wright]

Used to have them come into the porch of a rental house, line of salt across the inside of the back door soon slowed them down.

[Sawchip]

14 hours ago, sime42 said:

 

Coming into the house. Quite often when I go downstairs in the morning I notice slime trails all over the place. It's happened previous years, normally around this time I think. Lounge, kitchen, downstairs toilet. We can put up with them leaving trails on the floor, but it's getting quite rank when they're in food cupboards and on the worktops and chopping board.

Anyone else experienced this? Any solutions?

I looked around but can't find anywhere obvious that they're getting in. I thought maybe the airbricks to ventilate the floor so put slug pellets around these outside but no improvement.

I hate the foul things! It's bad enough that they try to eat all our garden produce, now they're after our food in the house as well.

 

Slugs and snails really like glass as a way of moving about along with other smooth surfaces. Windows are all at risk of being used particularly after night falls.  You may try torch hunting and track them from outside or catch them on the cusp of getting in. If your place is sealed then they must be sedentary and be inside in the day only showing at night. Its a myth that surfaces need to be wet for them to move about , I get them across a dry concrete floor making there way to dry food for the cat. Keep looking /removing what you find and im sure you will hit upon there favored rout about.