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I've got snails in my letter-box, eating my cheques !
What's the best way to stop them ? Grr |
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snail killer !?
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"Dave -Turner" wrote in message ... snail killer !? Perhaps a PO box! I have the same problem and a sprinkling of snail pellets around the base of the letter box is usually good enough. The poor snails in the box usually end up slammed into the road, a tree and if big enough cast in the heathens place 3 doors away. You could also go out as it turns dark and hunt the beggars down, the snails that is! Cheers Richard |
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Get rid of the ones in there then spray post with copper spray or wrap a pit
of copper wire around the post - they don't like it Geoff "Loosecanon" wrote in message ... "Dave -Turner" wrote in message ... snail killer !? Perhaps a PO box! I have the same problem and a sprinkling of snail pellets around the base of the letter box is usually good enough. The poor snails in the box usually end up slammed into the road, a tree and if big enough cast in the heathens place 3 doors away. You could also go out as it turns dark and hunt the beggars down, the snails that is! Cheers Richard |
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:54:04 +0800, "Loosecanon"
wrote: "Dave -Turner" wrote in message ... snail killer !? I have the same problem and a sprinkling of snail pellets around the base of the letter box is usually good enough. You could also go out as it turns dark and hunt the beggars down, the snails that is! I realise that the question seemed really dumb, but honestly, I was quite surprised by the resilience of snails. In the first place, I was astonished that snails actually ate, even liked, long-dead cellulose products like paper. Secondly, I was even more surprised that even after I cleared the surroundings of easy entry, coupled with the legendary slow pace of the critters, I was no match for them. They came, they ate, they left. It's not that they ate that much, it's more embarrassing than anything when I take a cheque to the bank and I weakly say 'Snails.??..' I really don't want to saturate the place with chemicals because I quite admire snails really, they don't have that much going for them. |
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:04:59 +1000, "Geoff & Heather"
wrote: Get rid of the ones in there then spray post with copper spray or wrap a pit of copper wire around the post - they don't like it Geoff Okay, 'get a copper' seems the way to go ! I'll look for a copper spray, whatever that is, thanks |
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:25:54 +1000, "ant"
wrote: wrote: They came, they ate, they left. It's not that they ate that much, it's more embarrassing than anything when I take a cheque to the bank and I weakly say 'Snails.??..' I really don't want to saturate the place with chemicals because I quite admire snails really, they don't have that much going for them. chuck in a whole bunch of salt, they'll curl up and fizzle and die in agony. You seem to speak from experience. But is that as a gardener or a sadist ? |
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Get Centrelink to direct deposit??????
wrote in message ... I've got snails in my letter-box, eating my cheques ! What's the best way to stop them ? Grr |
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Inactivist wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:25:54 +1000, "ant" wrote: wrote: They came, they ate, they left. It's not that they ate that much, it's more embarrassing than anything when I take a cheque to the bank and I weakly say 'Snails.??..' I really don't want to saturate the place with chemicals because I quite admire snails really, they don't have that much going for them. chuck in a whole bunch of salt, they'll curl up and fizzle and die in agony. You seem to speak from experience. But is that as a gardener or a sadist ? With snails I Like salt, but also add a little garlic to mine. Delicious. Viva la France... They eat my stuff, I get my stuff back... Also Fransoir my pet duck loves snails. |
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wrote in message ... I've got snails in my letter-box, eating my cheques ! What's the best way to stop them ? Grr Use direct credit. David |
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:54:04 +0800, "Loosecanon" I realise that the question seemed really dumb, but honestly, I was quite surprised by the resilience of snails. In the first place, I was astonished that snails actually ate, even liked, long-dead cellulose products like paper. The other option could be Leopard Slugs or some of the other slugs. I know I've had some slugs eat paper. But the same advice applies to them as for snails so I guess it doesn't matter what it is. |
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"Inactivist" wrote in message
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:04:59 +1000, "Geoff & Heather" wrote: Get rid of the ones in there then spray post with copper spray or wrap a pit of copper wire around the post - they don't like it Geoff Okay, 'get a copper' seems the way to go ! I'll look for a copper spray, whatever that is, thanks You would use copper spray for leaf curl on peaches but a bit of copper wire from the centre of an old piece of plastic covered wire from the tip would work as well and may be cheaper (if you can beat the tip recyclers to it given the price of copper at the scrap merchants these days). |
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