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Anyone got a solution for getting rid of slugs indoors. So far we have tried, sitting up until the early hours and killing as many as you can find over a 3 days. Putting salt under the carpet, putting copper tape around the edges of the carpet and even putting beer cans with a little bit of beer left in them on their side as simple beer traps.

Nothing seems to work. Will ~I have to take up the floor boards and go hunting for every single egg and slug I can find?

Are they getting in through a damaged damp proof course? Keeping the house as dry as possible will deter them I think. they'll be looking for algae and soft green stuff - do you have a real grass carpet?

they HATE copper - beaten out flat copper pipe!

tried the copper route, putting copper tape all around the edges of the carpets they still seem to find a route in.

The carpet is green does that count?? Also the house if pretty dry not sure what they are coming in for.

you could try sprinkling salt, a bit like the shake and vac, but dont bother with the vac

Do you have any pets? They sometimes hitch a ride in on the cats. That could be how they get over the copper tape.

Zoe

Indoor slugs? first time I have come accross that problem before. If you go the old permaculture route, then they say you don't have a slug problem you have a lack of ducks, not sure if duck poo is better than slugs in the house though.......

I would go for the salt route, pile it up, it is cheap and you can vacuum it up later.

Only time I've had slugs in the house they were after the cat's food.

Try putting an upturned plant pot with damp newspaper screwed up inside. leave it propped up slightly in a known slug area. Collect the slugs each morning (and kill them) out of it and continue until there are no more slugs. basically you are creating a comfortable home for them.

I had a similar problem a while ago, and I found it was because I had put my house plants out for the summer, and then brought them in and the slugs must have been in the pots.