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K · 14-09-2007, 03:05 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

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On 14 Sep, 09:36, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:
Slow worms?
Light, loose, well-drained soil, they need. Like it is now.
They are scary-looking things, and there are loads about this year, I've
seen literally dozens of them.

Yes, sounds like it very much indeed - my she cat keeps bringing them
in and I struggle with them as they're trying to escape through the
floor boards's gaps - terrifying stuff pulling on a slow worm, beleive
me. 'orrible stuff ((

You must have very big gaps in your floorboards.
Pulling on a slow worm is a bad idea since, like other lizards, one of
its defence mechanisms is to shed its tail.

Also I take to my garden at night with a torchlight, even when there's
no slugs - I love the nite life - it's amazing, and the slow worms are
always there, especially at the moment. They don't mind my light it
seems, but it's the 'feel' of perhaps scent of me that make them
retract in the earth.

Are you sure you mean slow worms?

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Kay