"Ellie Bentley" wrote in message

We've also read that slugs and snails LOVE oat bran but it swells up
inside them and kills them. Has anyone tried this, and is this
effective and practical?

I have mixed antipodean and European slugs (and European snails) and
I've found that stale beer in saucers or any of the yeast based toast
spreads like Marmite/Promite/Vegemite mixed with water to a soup or
cornflakes and Derris Dust mixed together and moistended works on
them.