re: Drunken snails
- To: <m*@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: re: Drunken snails
- From: "* K* <c*@hollinet.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 06:27:02 -0800
Be particularly careful if you decide to use snail pellets. They look way
too much like pet food. I killed my wonderful 80 pound dog and almost
killed another 80pounder who had lapped up a couple of pellets. I called
the manufacturers who were sympathtic but said to read the label and sure
enough ......right on the label it informs that it is deadly to pets.
Could not believe it necessary to put that much poison in a tiny pellet to
kill a tiny snail! and endanger our pets. Needless to say I will never,
ever use that kind of control.
L
At 04:14 AM 2/23/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Don't know if it's a fact but I read someone or another did a study and
>found that snails are indeed attracted by beer. So attracted they will
>travel from far from your garden to come belly up to your bar. So really, a
>beer dish is drawing snails to your plantings. And as was pointed out, not
>all or even most are guaranteed to drown. I have concluded the thing to do
>is sneak the beer dish into your neighbor's garden or just step on them
when
>you see them. (The snails, not the neighbors.)
>
>I share Liz's concerns about Slug and Snail pellets being deadly to far
more
>than snails. I know cats for instance will eat them and as I like cats, I
>see that as a bad thing. I'm sure the pet owners in your neighborhood do,
>too.
>
>Cyndi Kirkpatrick
>Eos Development
>http://www.eosdev.com
