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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 17 10:37 pm Post subject: the slimey hoard part ... many
the slug pub has it's uses but that was grim delux for the slimey hoard. it seems that half a tin of grolsch was rather too popular for them to resist. tis the best bait i have found so far ,quite a few species of slug and several snails. i might get brave enough to try for some salad leaf stuff.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15988

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 17 6:46 am Post subject:
This year, being dry, I have managed to keep them fairly well at bay with copper round the beds (mainly old copper pipe) and beer traps. Luckily they like very out of date beer, or the cheapest I can buy, as we are not beer drinkers.

Woo

Joined: 19 Sep 2011
Posts: 787
Location: Mayenne, Pays de Loire

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 17 7:11 am Post subject:
I like a beer trap, I am always amazed at how I,as a nature loving person, can be turned into a murderous dictator when my veg garden is invaded. i suppose the only concession I make is they die happy...

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 17 9:14 am Post subject:

I have just had a very tortuous conversation with my seven year old as to why flypapers are not for entertainment, and how I t is not nice to watch them die. Usually, she is set against killing anything, but she is quite fascinated by the dying flies. She even wanted to keep her head lice as pets.

I don't routinely use flypaper, but have come back from a few days away and we are infested. I can't imagine how, as I shut everything while we were away.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 17 11:31 am Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

This year, being dry, I have managed to keep them fairly well at bay with copper round the beds (mainly old copper pipe) and beer traps. Luckily they like very out of date beer, or the cheapest I can buy, as we are not beer drinkers.

If you ask nicely at your local pub, they will often be happy to give you the contents of the slops tray.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 17 2:55 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

You have just made me feel itchy!

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 17 7:23 pm Post subject:
Pet headlice! Love to see teachers face at show and tell for that!

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 17 8:25 pm Post subject:
I lied. I told her that the treatment stuff made your hair really slippery so that they fell out. It's only the second time I've ever really deceived her about anything. I e since bought her three guinea pigs and two goldfish, but I suspect it will only stop at a puppy.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46238
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 17 10:37 pm Post subject:

Lorrainelovesplants wrote:

Pet headlice!

Love to see teachers face at show and tell for that!

"good morning miss, good morning class , for today�s show and tell i have brought my ..... "

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 17 11:24 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

I lied. I told her that the treatment stuff made your hair really slippery so that they fell out. It's only the second time I've ever really deceived her about anything.

I e since bought her three guinea pigs and two goldfish, but I suspect it will only stop at a puppy.

Why would it stop at a puppy? Surely she need a miniature horse, and a donkey or three.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15988

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 17 6:01 am Post subject:
We were talking about Michael Bentines flea circus yesterday. No fleas involved of course. I might ask for slops at the local pub. We are between the two; about 2 miles either way.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 17 10:55 am Post subject:

Slim wrote:

wellington womble wrote:

Why would it stop at a puppy? Surely she need a miniature horse, and a donkey or three.

Nah, she wants a companion. Something to watch tv with, sleep on her bed and go upstairs with her so she's not afraid of the loft door (No, I've no idea why she's afraid of the loft door either. Nor has she, but terrified of it she surely is). I can't blame her, she has no siblings and no father. I can't always be available, due to needing to do both parents jobs in the home and out, so she's bound to be lonely.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 17 11:00 am Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Slim wrote:

wellington womble wrote:

Why would it stop at a puppy? Surely she need a miniature horse, and a donkey or three.

Precisely why I suggested it would be a miniature horse....

I was always leery of the attic and the basement myself around the age of 5 or so... who knows what's living there, or what's been hidden there.....

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46238
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 17 12:23 pm Post subject:
a good wolf seems ideal

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 17 12:26 pm Post subject:
On the topic of mollusks and pets, I decided to see how the pooch likes snails the other day. She's happy to catch and chomp down when thrown in the air like a treat, but not sold on the flavor it seems.

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