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AS
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 Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:56 pm Post subject: Slugs |
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I noticed in the favourite feeder insect poll that one member mentioned using slugs. I am interested in offering slugs to my tree monitors, but for various reasons I am loathe to offer them collected from the outside. Does anyone here breed slugs? Or maybe you could offer some advice on how and where you collect them from the wild.
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Jas
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Yeah my garden, the little Bstds are eating all me Hosta's.  |
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Rickeezee
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| Jas wrote: | | Yeah my garden, the little Bstds are eating all me Hosta's. |
Use small gravel around the base of the hostas about a 6 inch wide circle of it round them. Or introduce I think they are called nemotoads or something of the like, into the soil, these are tiny living organisms that get inside the slug and kill them, nice! 
I have started a slug colony off as my salamanders larger frogs etc like them. The ones I am using are field, grey, white and netted slugs Deroceras Reticulatum et al.
Try to avoid the black, brown and leopard slugs (Arion and Limax species) these ones secrete a horrid tasting and very sticky secretion.
Your best bet is to buy a starter cutlure Dartfrog sell them. 
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AS
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Thanks for replying. Do you happen to have an e-mail/ web address for DartFrog?
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Pollywog
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | I have started a slug colony off as my salamanders larger frogs etc like them. The ones I am using are field, grey, white and netted slugs Deroceras Reticulatum et al.
Try to avoid the black, brown and leopard slugs (Arion and Limax species) these ones secrete a horrid tasting and very sticky secretion. |
That's very odd I find it the other way around, my salamanders will eat the small black Arion slugs but most won't touch field slugs.
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Rickeezee
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| AS wrote: | Thanks for replying. Do you happen to have an e-mail/ web address for DartFrog?
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http://www.dartfrog.co.uk/epiweb/
You will need to click on the main page and find it from there.
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| Pollywog wrote: | | Quote: | I have started a slug colony off as my salamanders larger frogs etc like them. The ones I am using are field, grey, white and netted slugs Deroceras Reticulatum et al.
Try to avoid the black, brown and leopard slugs (Arion and Limax species) these ones secrete a horrid tasting and very sticky secretion. |
That's very odd I find it the other way around, my salamanders will eat the small black Arion slugs but most won't touch field slugs. |
I wonder if it makes a difference if their WC or CB as to their taste in slugs?
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