Please... if anyone has any natural deterents for these little blighters
please share them with me...

Thanks muchly...

Stomper wrote:

Please... if anyone has any natural deterents for these little blighters
please share them with me...

Thanks muchly...

Blue-tongue lizards and ducks! The expression on the face of a bluey as he
munches up a big fat snail is something that has to be beheld!
--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Holy Mackeral... I hope I dont come "back" as a blue etongue lizard... ugh!
Thats put me back on my diet!!!


"Trish Brown" wrote in message
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Stomper wrote:

Please... if anyone has any natural deterents for these little blighters
please share them with me...

Thanks muchly...

Blue-tongue lizards and ducks! The expression on the face of a bluey as he
munches up a big fat snail is something that has to be beheld!
--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Blue-tongue lizards and ducks! The expression on the face of a bluey as he
munches up a big fat snail is something that has to be beheld!
--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Stomper wrote:

Holy Mackeral... I hope I dont come "back" as a blue tongue lizard... ugh!
Thats put me back on my diet!!!

Haven't you ever eaten snails? They're *lovely* with garlic butter and parsley
(er - on the plate, not in the garden...) Bad for the diet, but *so* tasty!

Burp!

I've put snail bait out in the garden with an icecream container over the top of
it. You cut holes in the i/c to make little 'doors' for the snails to enter.
They eat the bait and supposedly pass away 'indoors' as it were. This helps to
stop pets from eating the snail bait, but somehow I think the poisoned snails
would attract the native lizards for a feed and then be deadly to them! The
powdered bait is better from the pets' point of view because it's easier to
strew about in snail-sized doses than the pelletted form. It's still deadly to
lizards, though.

*Surely* there's some means to capture snails without using poisons? I mean,
they've put men on the moon, so you'd think they could manage snails by now.
Wouldn't you???

--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Have heard that beer in saucer works well.
Trish Brown wrote in message
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Blue-tongue lizards and ducks! The expression on the face of a bluey
as he
munches up a big fat snail is something that has to be beheld!
--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Stomper wrote:

Holy Mackeral... I hope I dont come "back" as a blue tongue lizard...
ugh!
Thats put me back on my diet!!!

Haven't you ever eaten snails? They're *lovely* with garlic butter and
parsley
(er - on the plate, not in the garden...) Bad for the diet, but *so*
tasty!

Burp!

I've put snail bait out in the garden with an icecream container over the
top of
it. You cut holes in the i/c to make little 'doors' for the snails to
enter.
They eat the bait and supposedly pass away 'indoors' as it were. This
helps to
stop pets from eating the snail bait, but somehow I think the poisoned
snails
would attract the native lizards for a feed and then be deadly to them!
The
powdered bait is better from the pets' point of view because it's easier
to
strew about in snail-sized doses than the pelletted form. It's still
deadly to
lizards, though.

*Surely* there's some means to capture snails without using poisons? I
mean,
they've put men on the moon, so you'd think they could manage snails by
now.
Wouldn't you???

--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Trish Brown wrote:

Blue-tongue lizards and ducks! The expression on the face of a bluey as he
munches up a big fat snail is something that has to be beheld!
--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Stomper wrote:

Holy Mackeral... I hope I dont come "back" as a blue tongue lizard... ugh!
Thats put me back on my diet!!!

Haven't you ever eaten snails? They're *lovely* with garlic butter and parsley
(er - on the plate, not in the garden...) Bad for the diet, but *so* tasty!

Burp!

I've put snail bait out in the garden with an icecream container over the top of
it. You cut holes in the i/c to make little 'doors' for the snails to enter.
They eat the bait and supposedly pass away 'indoors' as it were. This helps to
stop pets from eating the snail bait, but somehow I think the poisoned snails
would attract the native lizards for a feed and then be deadly to them! The
powdered bait is better from the pets' point of view because it's easier to
strew about in snail-sized doses than the pelletted form. It's still deadly to
lizards, though.

*Surely* there's some means to capture snails without using poisons? I mean,
they've put men on the moon, so you'd think they could manage snails by now.
Wouldn't you???

--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

There is a snail bait made by Multicrop that is basically
chelated iron. It's not as fast working as metaldehyde but
it still seems to work well. It's longer lasting than than
normal baits but grows mould faster than the 'long life'
baits. Being chelated iron it is supposed to be non-toxic to
pets, birds, lizards, etc and any left overs become plant
food.
Andrew

"Rod & Lois" wrote in message
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Have heard that beer in saucer works well.


I have heard that it works also... Maybe I could cut the top off a cool
drink bottle and fill it up half way, would be a good way to contain the
beer and stop other "revellers" partaking. Mind you, my neighbour would
consider my front yard a beer garden... prolly set himself up with fish and
chips.... and a straw.

snip
There is a snail bait made by Multicrop that is basically
chelated iron. It's not as fast working as metaldehyde but
it still seems to work well. It's longer lasting than than
normal baits but grows mould faster than the 'long life'
baits. Being chelated iron it is supposed to be non-toxic to
pets, birds, lizards, etc and any left overs become plant
food.
Andrew

I've used one brand of these ( can't remember the name offhand ) and
while they are fairly animal friendly, they aren't actually non-toxic.

There's a warning on the pack that it can still harm pets if large
amounts are used ( and eaten by animals ). It is a lot safer than the
standard poisons though.

We have two dogs, so we applied it fairly sparingly. Works fine for
killing snails and slugs, and the dogs didn't seem interested in it at
all.
With the regular snail baits, the dogs try to eat the pellets. We
didn't have this problem with the iron based pellets.

Adam

Adam wrote:

snip
There is a snail bait made by Multicrop that is basically
chelated iron. It's not as fast working as metaldehyde but
it still seems to work well. It's longer lasting than than
normal baits but grows mould faster than the 'long life'
baits. Being chelated iron it is supposed to be non-toxic to
pets, birds, lizards, etc and any left overs become plant
food.
Andrew

I've used one brand of these ( can't remember the name offhand ) and
while they are fairly animal friendly, they aren't actually non-toxic.

There's a warning on the pack that it can still harm pets if large
amounts are used ( and eaten by animals ). It is a lot safer than the
standard poisons though.

We have two dogs, so we applied it fairly sparingly. Works fine for
killing snails and slugs, and the dogs didn't seem interested in it at
all.
With the regular snail baits, the dogs try to eat the pellets. We
didn't have this problem with the iron based pellets.

Adam

I think it's a case of if your dog/cat eats a few pellets
that you've sprinkled on the ground it shouldn't do any
harm. However, if your pet gets into your shed and devours
the whole packet you may have problems (having a lab x
retriever this isn't an unthinkable scenario). Having said
that I'd imagine eating a similar amount of iron chelate or
any other fertiliser you have in the shed would be just as
bad.
Andrew

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Andrew wrote:

I think it's a case of if your dog/cat eats a few pellets
that you've sprinkled on the ground it shouldn't do any
harm. However, if your pet gets into your shed and devours
the whole packet you may have problems (having a lab x
retriever this isn't an unthinkable scenario). Having said
that I'd imagine eating a similar amount of iron chelate or
any other fertiliser you have in the shed would be just as
bad.
Andrew

I don't know if you want to take the manufacturer's word for it, but
that is basically what he told us when we first started to carry it in
the nursery. He was quite annoyed that they were required to put that
warning on it, as it was no more harmful than a fertiliser.

Jane

Fill a glass half full of beer (anything will do) bury it in the garden so
the top is level with the soil. They love it. Well it works in Wales anyway.
Lyndon
"Stomper" wrote in message
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Please... if anyone has any natural deterents for these little blighters
please share them with me...

Thanks muchly...