or he is rabid from the loss of the tail ....

dont mess with animals that act inappropriately ...
now...

lets get to the real problem.. WASTING BEER ...

jeez man ... buy a 5 dollar one gallon pump tank .... add 1 to 10 mixture of ammonia or vinegar .... to water ...

DRINK THE DAM BEER.... and spray the undersides of the leaves and petioles with the Spray ...

my gawd man.. wasting beer on slugs.. heresy i say ...

get your priorities straight ...

i prefer scotch or whiskey and water.. and after two .. REALLY DONT CARE ABOUT SLUGS.... lol ... LOT LESS WORK ALL AROUND...

KEN

lol - a drunken chipmunk with anger issues over losing his tail.
I hope it was cheap beer at least, Old Milwaukee, or Iron City
Pam

Ken, you're too funny.

upnort, buy Sluggo, it works...there's too much work spraying. I'm with Ken about wasting beer on slugs, especially if its an ice cold Bud.

Poor chippie--bet he had a heck of a hangover!!

Hmm, if it would get the d*#* gopher that's moved into one of my beds I'd gladly put out beer, even the good stuff. It would be worth it to see the little sucker stagger around. Or maybe his tunnels would just zigzag.

Years ago I set out a series of saucers and went along filling them with old beer a neighbor was throwing out (I didn't know beer got old, but I took her word for it). I finished the job, looked back, and saw my dog eagerly lapping up all that "old" beer. I had the happiest dog on the block for a while. Mary

Yep, this is why I tried the beer thing once and moved on. Every dang animal that came through emptied the beer traps. Where this works is beyond me.

ROMHBLMAO!!! Great way to start the day! This stuff is too funny. I shouldve mentioned that Jack lost part of his tail last year, no rabies, just a good buzz! He is now outback acting passive as usual. It was Busch Lite btw, Spotted Cow is in the fridge.

The guy calls this a slug, but it doesn't look like the pale pasty looking things in my garden. Anyway, the video is kind of funny! Ran across it while looking for a funny story someone posted about beer and slugs 2-3 years back.

Here is a link that might be useful: Beer drinking snail/slug video

DANG!!! Put a saddle on that thing! Thanx jel, funny stuff. oh, mine dont look like that either, good thing!

At least you kept the spotted cow for yourself! One of my faves! I tried the beer traps once too, but also had the same problem with my dog lapping it up seconds later. He also likes the deer and rabbit repellent spray that really stinks.

Hate to take this to anything serious, BIG BUTT if you allow the alcohol to evaporate then put the put the beer less alcohol on the plants. Good soil food!

Beer traps just didn't work at all for me.
I kept drinking all of the beer up before I even got to the traps.

LOL! I think EO was sipping the slug trap when she wrote that post! "THEN PUT THE PUT THE BEER LESS ALCOHOL ON THE PLANTS"!??! I need a chimpunk to decipher that for me!

ester is a man.. aka butch ... i think ester was his maw.. or granmaw ...

he is suggesting that it is the yeast that attracts the slugs... not the booze ...

ken

"he is suggesting that it is the yeast that attracts the slugs"

EO is "Coach PawPaw Butchie" Esther Opal was my mothers name.

nope, I'm saying that allow the alcohol to evaporate then use it as soil food. The alcohol can harm a plant, probably not a problem in small quantities but when the alcohol evaporates it is not a problem for sure.

I have both those pasty, yucky, slugs and those large, browned backed ones. I tried the beer, actually worked great for those 3-5 inch slugs but not so good on the much more numerous pasty little ones. Finally quit because; 1) I hate wasting beer, and; 2) I got totally grossed out cleaning those traps. So, I threw Slugo on the ground and drank the beer. Works much better now that way.

Alexis

Fun thread...I've done the beer trap for slugs and always works like a charm. Don't drink beer myself, so the other cans go into a mix to fertilize the lawn and my trees.

PIM

SO sorry EO! Havent been around here long enough to know. Gender mix-up happens to me. My companies name is little clay dude, Im neither little, clay or a dude!
But anyway, Im glad to know its good for the plants because Ive just been dumping it out on the ground after a couple days catch.

when is a dude.. not a dude..

whats that all about..

i might have to drink some slug beer to figure out this conundrum ...

hmmmmmmm

ken

long story short, (wouldnt want your slug beer to go stale while reading this) Many years ago I made a figure out of the red clay on the shores of lk superior. I put him on a huge rock, and named him little clay dude. 2 yrs ago I began selling my polymer clay artwear and because I love lk superior so deeply,and was making things out of clay, I named my company Little Clay Dude. So you see, Im not the dude, hes my logo.Pass the tissue, what a tender moment...

The good counselor will sort out the facts and report to the jury. Are you prepared for your closing statement?

Im writing my acceptance speech for the award Ill be getting when this story becomes a major motion picture.

Will it be a black tie affair? I'd like to attend to hear your acceptance speech.

This thread is great!!!

One bad part though...how can I ever drink another ice cold Bud without thinking of slimy slugs swimming in it?

Black tie affair? Oh no! what will I wear?

"black tie affair". nice name for a hosta. I wonder what it would look like.