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Re: Electric slug fence

I made the mistake of hooking my electric fence to short insulators
nailed into a couple of alder trees.  Slugs like to climb alder trees,
eating the algae that grow on them.  Occasionally a slug would get
between the wire and the tree and short it out.  (The cows would then
break down the shorted fence and get into the reserved pasturage.)  The
slug would end up fried to the side of the tree.  Note that the slug did
not have to touch the fence to get electrocuted. 

(Unlike Stan, we have slugs of every known size  variety in huge
numbers.)

Steve  (Maritime...)


ROSS E STANFORD wrote:
> 
> 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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