Bloody fricken ugly disgusting slugs

[PrincessBandit]

With all this wet weather my poor bunny has been competing with the gross disgusting king slugs which magically appear at night to steal her rabbit food. They get into her food bowl no matter where I put it, and even drown themselves in her water bowl.

They storm her hutch like a tide of slimy fat obscene vomit-inducing eeeewwww I'm lost for words to describe my revolt at them.

Any ideas how to stop the slugs? (just to clarify, I'm not talking a .22 between her cute little bunny eyes, for those who would like to see the end of rabbits).

I'd put slug bait around her cage but worry that it would still be there in the ground when I move her house. Any suggestions for something that will keep them away but not be toxic to Cilla?

[Laava]

The slugs have been here a lot longer than your bunny. They have their own political party now,......wait, I may have that a bit wrong...........

[trustme]

Salt. The buggers explode when hit with salt.

[Mom]

Sand mixed with salt, going to be very expensive in the long run though. Run a line of sand around the cage.

[Berries]

Or crush some shells and lay them where the slugs get in - sea shells or eggs shells, doesn't matter. Another tip is meant to be a strip of copper across where they get in to the hutch as well, slugs don't like crossing copper apparently.

Beer traps ?

Failing that, get a tortoise or ducks. They love eating slugs, and lets face it, rabbits are crap.

[oneofsix]

Failing that, get a tortoise or ducks. They love eating slugs, and lets face it, rabbits are crap.

Ducks, rabbits. Are we now talking feast time? Rabbits are nice in stew. :shutup:


Mom

Sand mixed with salt, going to be very expensive in the long run though. Run a line of sand around the cage.


What about some sea beach sand?

[Quasi]

mmmmm - rabbit pie:innocent:

[FJRider]

Bags of industrial rock salt (plumbing outlets have it) would be cheaper ... but try Lime spread about ...

Or ...

Move somewhere DRY ... (it hasn't rained HERE for quite a while now)

[scissorhands]

Build a moat around cage out of something like pvc guttering, you will need 4 corners and some glue. Fill with slug pellets or water or salt.

Fit in such a manner that the slugs cannot pass beneath moat. Probably a heavy wood rectangular frame that is heavy enough to sit down hard on the grass to prevent egress from below.

[Berries]

You should also catch a live slug and nail it above the hutch door (the hatch?) as a warning.

[hayd3n]

buy a turtle and feed to turtle

[yod]

You should also catch a live slug and nail it above the hutch door (the hatch?) as a warning.

or, just to stress your point, chop it's head off and stick it on a toothpick! :2guns:

[SMOKEU]

I like the sound of the salt trick. You can get a free feed out of it.

[cbfb]

I too have an irrational fear of slugs, snails and invertebrates in general.

One thing you can do is bury a smooth-sided, fairly deep plastic container (e.g. a big yoghurt tub) so the lip is at ground level. Fill it 3/4 full with stale beer. Slugs can't get enough of it, fall in and can't climb out, then drown. A few of these around the hutch should do the trick.

They also have trouble getting traction on sand, so you could stand the hutch in a sand-pit?

[allycatz]

OOOOh dont put slug bate anywhere near the bunny, my landlord did this once and the poison got into the grass root network and poisoned my bunny

[Drunken Monkey]

Keep your coffee grinds and sprinkle them around the cage.

[george formby]

Dry saw dust (if possible). Sticks to the gooey little buggers & really annoys them. Washing powder is good too.

[Grasshopperus]

Because I'm such a nice guy I've made you a design which will ensure bunny is safe and sound. This design works against dogs and kids too.

Disclaimer: I am a professional designer and made this using photoshop and final cut pro before sending it down to Weta studios for some additional post-production and tweaking

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[Bald Eagle]

This (http://southernfood.about.com/od/venisongame/r/bl30317q.htm)would work as an alernative response

[Usarka]

Barbed wire around the bottom of the hutch. Or use razor wire for that guantanamo feeling.

[DrunkenMistake]

Buy a dog,
Rabbit problem solved...

Oh wait.. its the slugs you have a problem with .. Hmn..

Cant help you sorry,
I like my idea tho, everyone likes dogs

[PrincessBandit]

Some awesome posts here! thanks for the suggestions of salt, sawdust and beer. Think there will be a solution in there somewhere.
Funny about the rabbit stew posts - my first bunny, a feisty little netherland dwarf - used to have teenage boys scared of him. He was a biter. My mother once said to him "if you ever bite me you will end up in a pie". He never bit her...

Next time I see Grasshopperus he gets a choccy fish as the winner of the bestest most fantabulous design!

But, despite that, I will most likely go with the sawdust/salt option. cheers all.

[Smokin]

I had a slug gun as a kid, always wondered why they called it that. :ar15:

[george formby]

- my first bunny, a feisty little netherland dwarf - used to have teenage boys scared of him. He was a biter.

Not something you would want taken out of context:blink: