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    Slugs

    Has anybody tried feeding their garters slugs?

    I'm especially interested in testing Limax cinereoniger and Arion lusitanicus (Spanish slug), but I'd like to hear what other people think about the idea.

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    Re: Slugs

    Quote Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post
    Has anybody tried feeding their garters slugs?

    I'm especially interested in testing Limax cinereoniger and Arion lusitanicus (Spanish slug), but I'd like to hear what other people think about the idea.
    I've tried with my T. s sirtalis and they showed no interest at all. I have heard of others having success.

    Sid

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    Re: Slugs

    I have used slugs on several occasions, I'd have to look up the scientific name of the one they seem to like best...it's the little fawn/beige one. I've fed them to several species, but ordinoides were the most willing in my experience.
    James.

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    Re: Slugs

    I'm not up on my slug species
    but I did try feeding slugs to my garters and they were small brown slugs (ca 1.5" long found in the evening on a Halloween pumpkin)
    none of my snakes (T. e. vagrans and T. s. parietalis) were interested
    they're bigger now though
    I wonder whether that makes a difference
    rhea
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    Re: Slugs

    I used ot feed my wandering slugs by the dozen!

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    Re: Slugs

    My ordinoides seem to like slugs the girl more then the boys

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    Re: Slugs

    I really hate slugs, (partly because they are eating my veg in the garden quicker than I can ) so I have no qualms about killing them!

    can I wash them first so that they don't slime up my tanks?
    Are any slugs poisonus? (so I don't get it totally wrong!)
    Can you freeze them?

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    Re: Slugs

    Every Halloween
    there are hundreds
    of slugs crawling all
    over the pumpkins
    outside. The snakes
    never seem to be
    interested.
    This year,
    I hope the snakes
    are interested.
    We got several
    new snakes since
    last Halloween
    so surely one of
    them will eat slugs.

    Well anyway...
    We'll try again next year
    and I'll tell you whether
    the snakes eat them or
    not.
    MIKHAILA



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    Re: Slugs

    Some of my snakes love slugs, while others ignore them.

    SHRUG...
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    Re: Slugs

    I haven't noticed any slugs on our vegi garden yet ... No free food for me.

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