slug problem

[fieryredhead]

every night our living room is invaded by slugs who leave a slimy trail all over the carpet and anything else left in there. there are large gaps in the floorboards which must be how they get in. We've tried beer with no success. We've also picked them up and thrown them out the window, but they just come back. Please help- it's most embarrassing!

[shaneystar2]

They are the devil to get rid of in the garden let alone indoors! Poor you ..I would suggest filling the gaps in your floorboards or if you can discover exactly where they are coming in put down some copper tape which they won't cross .Or try Slug Barrier from Bio which is crushed seashells.It may involve sitting up in the dead of night with a torch to find exactly where they come in though. Perhaps they are getting in through an airbrick or something.If you have any juicy plants in your room that will be what they are after. I wish you luck in getting rid of the blasted things.

[YvonneM]

I had this problem in my kitchen so one night I placed some lettuce leaves on the floor as a trap Got up in the early hours and caught 12 put then in a jam jat added salt and dropped the resulting gunge in the wheelie bin

[Catso]

You can by a 'copper-plated' fabric that you can put down and it's claimed slugs won't crawl over it.

You really need to find out where they are coming from though, and tackle the problem there.

[sense4all]

http://www.lakelandlimited.co.uk/product.aspx/ bargains!6644
If you can find where they come in use this, and on the outside you can put crushed egg shells they can't crawl over the jaggy bits very well.

[Murielmci]

If can work out where they are coming in (from the slime trails?) then put salt down. Similar idea to Yvonne's but you can use salt preventatively too.