Snail Trails On My Carpet

I could write a dissitation on the wee beasties but no one understands my fear of them and laughs it is not funny when you really do have a phobia like this so i am sending you the only thing i can anti slug vibes and lots of.

Snail trails on my carpet. Not that you ll be able to spot them they tend to come out at night but the slimy criss cross snail trail they leave behind on your rugs carpets and hard floors will tell you all you need. This is the second time we have found these trails. Slug and my neighbour is now well trained in the art of slug and snail removal and is almost as good as dh. In desperation and at vast expense we have moved out and commenced building work.

I am putting down some slug pellets so will see if the snails turn up as an empty shell at a later date. 6 steps to deal with snail trails on your carpet slugs and snails are a common sight in every garden but sometimes they make their way into the house. We ve had a slug issue on the ground floor. I have put dishes with salt and beer carling but they just went around the dish.

They are only in one section of the carpet. Tried wedging paper into the floorboards slug pellets beer traps tommy guns napalm they were unstoppable like the terminator. A week or 2 ago i woke up to find snail trails on my front room carpet. I will try and keep this forum informed.

Pellets applied where slugs are likely to hide is the very best way to control slugs and snails. Baits developed in the last few years are based on iron phosphate a compound not really toxic to anything except slugs and snails. Then i put salt down around the dishes that didn t work. Can t wait for her to be able to speak freely about her experience on mafs.

The new generation of slug baits is effective tasty to slugs and best of all not toxic to children pets and wildlife. Slugs trails usually appear overnight and by the morning they can have ventured across all your floors carpets sofas and even your antique or brand new cabinets. Snail trails often dry and leave a flaky coating over your carpet this means that a lot of the excess snail trail can usually be rubbed off. It seems ridiculous that it could be snails but i can t see what else it could be.

What an incredible woman. Use a clean cloth to gently rub the snail trail and you should find this dislodges some of the flakey slime.