Pet friendly slug pellets nearly killed this dog

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Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	18 Aug 2010 21:32
	You get slug traps in the £ shops if you have one near.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,705 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	18 Aug 2010 21:42
	One of the problems with 'pet friendly' slug pellets, is that they are (allegedly) distasteful to cats 7 dogs - therefore they won't eat them. However, if a bird eats a slug that has been poisoned by a slug pellet, it too will be poisoned. If a cat catches that bird and eats it, it's also digesting the poison! Apart from my three cats, I have hedgehogs and slow worms- both in 'decline' (and the slow worm is protected) in my garden, so can't use slug pellets. I just wish the slow worms & hedgehogs would eat faster!!! Certainly agree with Eddie about the chickens. We used to have ducks - when we had a huge garden - and there wasn't a slug, snail or crane fly in sight!! Unfortunately they also decimated the frogs, and a lot of our vegetables, and wouldn't stop breeding - laying eggs and hiding in the nearby woods, only to return 2 weeks later with a trail of ducklings!! (very tasty!) LOL
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