Stephen Howard wrote:

On Tue, 24 May 2005 23:07:53 +0100, Warwick
wrote:

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They love an old bit of carpet!
My colony of slow worms moved in when I started laying out carpet as a
mulch in the veg patch - last summer we counted more than a dozen
adults...and a grass snake.

I think I've got a bit of old carpet up in the loft. Hessian backed stuff
too rather than foam.

I've now Holly proofed the corner (Holly being our old english sheepdog),
very carefully made it look a bit tidier without moving anything major, put
down a few boards across the ground and excavated easy passage under a
couple of fence panels to give them easy access to the other gardens.

I know I'd put a severe dent in the local slug population anyway, but in the
back garden tonight I only moved one slug to the area near the compost
bin. The slow worm(s) must be fairly ruthlessly efficient hunters.

I also reflected earlier this evening at how glad I am that I haven't
resorted to slug pellets this year since I doubt that metaldehyde would be
much good for reptilian digestion.

Warwick