tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post3585624317110091594..comments2024-03-28T02:06:49.582+00:00Comments on In this life: Why don't cats eat slugs?Pam http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-21324162420250466242017-09-27T06:10:00.198+01:002017-09-27T06:10:00.198+01:00Maybe you shouldn't let your cats eat ones kil...Maybe you shouldn't let your cats eat ones killed via bug spray...scratch that you simply shouldn't own any living creature.Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909316507261218817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-81712207431536854392011-08-29T13:30:40.501+01:002011-08-29T13:30:40.501+01:00Our cat eats flies! Even ones that have been kill...Our cat eats flies! Even ones that have been killed with flyspray. But I can see why they'd draw the line at slugs.Stomper Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038937073264645029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-79498660272477597492011-08-28T19:57:56.967+01:002011-08-28T19:57:56.967+01:00Our Borders neighbour's hens eat both slugs an...Our Borders neighbour's hens eat both slugs and snails and, as an added bonus, their daughter loves feeding the beasts to her chickens so much she voluntarily patrols our garden removing all of the slimy offenders she can find. Do you have room for chickens do you think?Lyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452847223685776419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-20176994026147934592011-08-28T00:03:59.950+01:002011-08-28T00:03:59.950+01:00I'm pretty sure the problem is birds eat slugs...I'm pretty sure the problem is birds eat slugs BUT birds don't like cats so just maybe your felines are scaring the flying slug eaters away.<br /><br />Prepare to be shocked. I used slug bait. I works really well and I don't see dead birds around so will continue to do so. We have so many birds here ...when I am gardening if I find slugs or snails I throw them out on the lawn or path for the birds to have.<br /> Check all hiding/ breeding places like in under rims of water cans under pots etc and hunt them down.Ali Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671890094425941272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-53260071932782271912011-08-26T18:06:41.693+01:002011-08-26T18:06:41.693+01:00Who can blame them? (cats that is) The slime seems...Who can blame them? (cats that is) The slime seems to put everything off eating them. - even dogs don't normally eat slugs, and they've been know to eat some pretty disgusting things in my experience! Oh, husband has just told me that foxes eat slugs - but he can't prove it...Janehttp://jeeandme.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-31590209341576136882011-08-26T16:45:26.242+01:002011-08-26T16:45:26.242+01:00cats too have better things to do as is clearly de...cats too have better things to do as is clearly demonstrated in the photograph...Fire Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518190677399410354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-9395043942016056602011-08-26T15:59:33.211+01:002011-08-26T15:59:33.211+01:00Cats don't eat slugs because they are highly r...Cats don't eat slugs because they are highly refined creatures (cats, that is, not slugs) with sophisticated tastes. That's why they will eat smoked salmon, best French butter, clotted cream....<br /><br />And yes, you do have better things to do. Although if you are bored, google slugs and find out even more revolting things about them. They fight each other, for example, most ferociously......rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474723200653576051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-44645970540036146982011-08-26T15:23:56.004+01:002011-08-26T15:23:56.004+01:00One of the terrors of my life is slugs and snails!...One of the terrors of my life is slugs and snails! They scare me to death, don't ask why, I don't know. I put up with snakes, alligators and spiders but snails are too horrible to live with. For some reason we don't have them here, but when we lived where they do I spent a fortune on salt dissolving them.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-80805960578453650982011-08-26T14:33:32.867+01:002011-08-26T14:33:32.867+01:00I'm not sure that if we saw cats eating slugs ...I'm not sure that if we saw cats eating slugs we'd feel quite so fond of them, the cats that is.<br /> <br />I'm also not sure that the black slugs are too destructive, even though they do look more malevolent. <br /><br />Apparently ducks will eat slugs if you put the slugs in water to get the slime off a bit, it's the slime makes them so difficult to eat, and presumably makes the cats sick if they eat them too.<br /><br />My hens used to eat snails if I crushed the shells for them, but would never eat slugs.<br /><br />I remember hearing somewhere that if one was really starving in the wilderness one could, at a pinch, eat slugs, but not if the slugs had been feeding on something poisonous. I don't know how you would know if they had, I suppose you'd have to ask them.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-66753373197916927332011-08-26T12:18:29.673+01:002011-08-26T12:18:29.673+01:00If you google 'cats eat slugs' you'll ...If you google 'cats eat slugs' you'll find that some cats do eat slugs, and it makes them sick. So I think you need another solution. Thrushes are partial to snails and I imagine slugs taste much the same, so you could try befriending a couple of those? On the other hand, the French and Belgians eat snails, but I never heard of them (or anyone) eating slugs. So maybe they don't taste so good.Peter CShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16541520735078239428noreply@blogger.com