Do rats eat slugs?
 

Do rats eat slugs? (I'm starting to see rats sniffing around my veggie
patch...) If they eat slugs, I will rejoice!

TIA

JD

Do rats eat slugs?
 

In article ,
says...

Do rats eat slugs? (I'm starting to see rats sniffing around my veggie
patch...) If they eat slugs, I will rejoice!

TIA

JD

They certainly eat snails, especially during winter. They also eat worms
and completely stripped one of my compost heaps before I twigged! Slugs I
am not sure, I can not see why not but having watched my hedgehogs ignore
them I begin to wonder if anything eats them from choice!!
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Do rats eat slugs?
 

In message , Charlie
Pridham wrote


They certainly eat snails, especially during winter. They also eat worms
and completely stripped one of my compost heaps before I twigged! Slugs I
am not sure, I can not see why not but having watched my hedgehogs ignore
them I begin to wonder if anything eats them from choice!!

They need a touch of seasoning to make them palatable. A pinch of salt
will do.


--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

Do rats eat slugs?
 

"JakeD" wrote in message
...

Do rats eat slugs? (I'm starting to see rats sniffing around my veggie
patch...) If they eat slugs, I will rejoice!

TIA

JD

Rats are renowned for being capable of eating almost anything of any vague
nutritional value so slugs are a distinct possibility.

Slugs may not be their first preference though.


Stephen

Do rats eat slugs?
 

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:15:59 -0000, Charlie Pridham
wrote:

They certainly eat snails, especially during winter. They also eat worms
and completely stripped one of my compost heaps before I twigged! Slugs I
am not sure, I can not see why not but having watched my hedgehogs ignore
them I begin to wonder if anything eats them from choice!!

Badgers eat them in Winter when other protein is scarce, according to
a nature prog on the tv last night. They even climb trees to find
them! So looks like I might be in luck.. I reckon that if badgers eat
'em, then rats probably will.. Cool! I'd never have guessed a rat
invasion would my garden's salvation...

JD

Do rats eat slugs?
 

My cat used to eat 'em and then puke them up later on in the house.
Alas he is now dead :(

Hey i just put a slug up to my pet rat's cage to see what she would do and she snatched it off me like it was the crackling off roast pork at christmas. i guess it was tasty then ..... its gone now!

Yes they indeed eat slugs. Rats eat pretty much anything, including raw eggs!