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[ClosedCasket88]

yes my garters have eaten slugs, the beigh ones b4 , butsometiems they will excrete soo much slime the graters will toos it up and skitz out in to ther den or something. io tried the caned snails and theywouldnt take them,my male eastern likes when i pull out the tongs so i would give him a few chunks of worms then fter like 3 i would slip in some slugs some of them he would spit out and some of them he would eat. besides that the snails in a can never had to much succes, but fresh slugs i find outside seem to gety eaten occasionaly .
as a defense the slugs will stiffen all up and become rather thick making it impossible for yoursnake to eat it but if you grab some small guys , mostly the tanish beigh colored ones they usualy work well.

[adamanteus]

They're disgusting creatures, don't you think? We get those brown ones here too....they look like they have an orange/yellow fringe.

[ssssnakeluvr]

thats the ones!!! I don't think they are disgusting....getting slimes by them is nasty, but I think of them as snails without shells...I am into all the creepy crawlies no one else likes....

[Stefan-A]

Limax cinereo***** - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is our biggest slug, but I think that it might be protected or poisonous (or both).

edit: dear moderators, it is now blocking the scientific name of a species of slug of the genus Limax.

[adamanteus]

Limax cinereo***** - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is our biggest slug, but I think that it might be protected or poisonous (or both).

edit: dear moderators, it is now blocking the scientific name of a species of slug of the genus Limax.

Followed the link but couldn't find a picture?

[Stefan-A]

Followed the link but couldn't find a picture?

Well, the problem is that the later part of the scientific name is very similar to a certain racial slur, and gets blocked by the forum's software. Just look for "Limax c.i.n.e.r.e.o.n.i.g.e.r".

[adamanteus]

I'm okay with most things, but giant slugs...pointless!

[adamanteus]

Okay. I'll have another look!

[adamanteus]

Found the picture, Stefan...mmmm lovely, thanks for that!!

[drache]

While we're on the subject:
Have you ever seen a Banana Slug?
They're common in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the colour is freaky