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How To Get Rid of SLUGS in The HOUSE & KITCHEN Naturally | FAST & EFFECTIVE SLUG CONTROL

Many people try to get rid of slugs in their garden, if they’re growing plants that they don’t want their backyard pests to eat. But the biggest problem is most definitely caused by slugs getting into your house! Their trails usually appear overnight across floors, cabinets and carpets – even up the walls. And just ask anyone who has stepped on one oozing its way across the kitchen floor – that slime sticks like glue! An older home can be especially attractive to slugs and snails – there are plenty of cracks and crevices and underneath it’s dark, cool and often moist. But that doesn’t mean that new homes aren’t prone to slug infestations, either. Luckily, getting rid of slugs from your home isn’t impossible, and you don’t need to call in a professional. Nor do you have to kill them off with chemicals, if that isn’t your thing. Follow the steps mentioned in this video to get rid of every slug in your house – and prevent them from coming back ever again! 1. Seal gaps First thing’s first, you’ve got to stop the slugs from getting into your home in the first place. For larger gaps, buy some polyurethane foam in a can. This material expands as it cures and fills up every void with a durable, pest-proof, waterproof barrier. As an added bonus, it’ll also seal out the winter wind, noise and pesky rodents. When finding gaps to seal, pay particular attention around any pipes or ducting, joints and spaces around doors or the edges of baseboard trim. Wear gloves and old clothes when using foam because it’ll stick to absolutely everything, including your hands, hair, clothes, children and so on! But seriously, there’s absolutely no better, easier way to fill large gaps than with expanding foam. Put down newspapers or plastic sheeting and carry a rag to catch any foam oozing out of the nozzle. After the foam hardens, you can easily trim off any excess with a serrated knife or hack saw blade. 2. Lay down rough surfaces Slugs have soft bodies, and it hurts them to crawl over rough surfaces. You can put diatomaceous earth, crushed eggshells, sandpaper, and/or salt which melts slugs around the edges of doors and windows. This should stop them from trying to get into your home pretty fast. Diatomaceous earth is a particularly good all-round pest repellent. It’s made from the fossilized remains of a single-celled algae. This material can be sprinkled directly on slugs or used as a barrier. If you live in a dry environment, diatomaceous earth is a very effective slug and insect killer, but keep in mind that it’s not effective once it gets wet. 3. Lure the slugs in and release them If you’re not horrified at the thought of collecting a crowd of slugs all in one place, this might be the natural slug repellent for you. Luring them in might seem counterintuitive, but it’ll help you to best collect the slugs around your home and send them all away at once. Try putting a upside down flower pot with a citrus fruit or lettuce near the house to attract the slugs to one location. You can then transport them to a nearby park, if you don’t want to risk them making their slow, steady way back to your home. 4. Introduce predators Fancy bringing more wildlife into your garden? You can bring in slugs' natural predators to keep them at bay, including toads, hedgehogs, ducks, lightning bugs, and rove beetles. Ducks in particular are fabulous slug eaters, and will seek out these tasty morsels all around your garden. They will also happily eat your lettuce seedlings – so keep them fenced out until your plants are larger! If you’ve always fancied a pet duck, now’s your time to bring one in. 5. Try copper Supposedly, when slugs touch copper wire it gives them an electrical shock and deters them. This has been the source of many internet arguments, however, with some people saying that this trick is pretty ineffective. Plus, copper is expensive, so really, unless you happen to have some lying around, you probably should put this one at the bottom of your “to try” list. 6. Make a beer trap Slugs and snails are attracted to beer. If you take a small container like a tuna tin, fill it with beer, and set it on the ground, the slugs will be attracted to the beer, go for a sip, fall in, and drown. Slug beer traps only attract slugs in the surrounding few feet, so you need lots of them to be effective. It’s best to place a trap every meter – if you can bear to part with that many cups of beer!