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Re: Electric slug fence


On Wed, 1 Jul 1998 19:33:22 -0500 (CDT) Nathan Sarvis
<nsarvis@iglobal.net> writes:
>Stan the Lazy Gardener wrote:
>By "works" do you mean you've actually electrocuted slugs on it? Did 
>they
>crawl on of their own accord? How many do you fry in an average night?
>
>Nathan Sarvis
>(The skeptical gardener)
>Denton, Texas
>
     You are my kind of gardener, Nathan.  I would have guessed
that you were from Missouri, the "Show Me" State.
     No, I do not know if this setup works on slugs, (unless I am
considered a slug) because it sure works on me.  Unlike many
of you, I am not blessed with slugs or snails.  Actually, I have never
seen a slug in person, I am just guessing about what they are and
their method of locomotion.  I was just assuming that the slime
trail would be very conductive to a high voltage, low amperage
electric shock.  That very well may not be the case.  (like some
poisons work on some bugs but not on others.)  
     But, I would bet the farm (actually the garden) that it would
work on anything that tried to cross it and was able to come close
to the two foil strips at the same time.  My electric fence keeps out
deer, rabbits, dogs, cats, raccoons, squirrels, and all the other cute
little creatures that are large enough to touch at least the bottom
wire, and that is relying on the not so great soil as the grounding
circuit to complete the entire circuit.  (touch an electric fence one
time, and I think you will agree)(however, last fall, it did not stop
a black bear)
     Unless someone Fed Ex's me some slugs, I will never know until
someone else tries it.  I AM ONLY KIDDING.  PLEASE.
   
     Stan          the cheap and lazy gardener

P.S.  To NO NAME,   
     Since there are no members of the Slug-Snail list living in
my area, I don't have anything to worry about, but of course those
of you living in Slug heaven had better watch out.  If they find
out that you are reading about how to electrocute them, they
may be planning a preemptory first strike.  When you wake up
in the morning, don't just assume that you had a runny nose last
night!    
     

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