Re: Another pet gardening alert!

I totally agree. I would rather have slugs and snails in my garden and
suffer the denudement of plants ( which manage to recover well enough)
than risk harm to the creatures with which we share this planet. Also,
small children can and have been be harmed in this way.
I go organic, I use natural enemies where possible and realise that
nature generally isn't perfect and my garden is the same. Not perfect
but healthy.
Gilian
virginia prins wrote:
>
> Thanks for this.  It should be printed/published EVERYWHERE.  Birds also die from it,
> and then cats eat the birds and they die too.
> Ginny who knows
>
> Sammy's huwumin wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:51:16 -0400, Chick
> > <chick@bridgewoodgardens.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Here's my story about slug bait.
> > >
> > >Last year I got a Westhighland White Terrier puppy for my birthday.  We named
> > >her Plantain Lily.  The first day I had her I took her to a nursery owned by
> > >some friends to show her off.  Needless to say, she found some slug bait that
> > >had been sprinkled around the pots and decided it was pretty tasty stuff.  Cats,
> > >dogs, and other animals just love the stuff.
> > >
> > >Luckily, I noticed that she was eating something and when I found out what it
> > >was I was shortly racing down the road to the vet, running red lights and
> > >cussing anyone driving slower than 80.  The vet made her throw up, and we found
> > >quite a few pellets in the vomit.  Poison control told us she had had a lethal
> > >dose and to get her to a doggy emergency room where they made her eat charcoal
> > >to soak up any remaining poison in her stomach and put her on intravenous
> > >anti-convulsives overnight.
> > >
> > >Lukily she survived just fine but my vet bills were about $400 for the first day
> > >I had my puppy.
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