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 #2088157


Tempestborn
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 Doesn’t anything eat snails?

besides people...

we have all these critters who eat the most crawly and obnoxious things imaginable; NONE of them eat snails?

when i first came to texas, i thought the snails here were cute. they’re the little cone-shaped spirally kind, instead of the big, round ones.

i have been fighting the dang snails since i moved into my trailer two years ago. this year, because of the nearly constant rain, they’re especially bad. geez, they’re all over the flippin’ sidewalk, all over the porch, the grass, MY GARDEN (!!!!!!!), crawling up the sides of the house...it’s positively nightmarish. you can’t take a step outside without crunching the horrid things underfoot.

what is obviously needed here is some sort of critter who just thinks snails are delicious! it would be both handy and economical. i’d like to put in an order for a couple of those, please.
jesse



10/24/09  10:53am

 #2088195


Tpau15
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   Message To: Tempestborn   In reference to Message Id: 2088157


 Doesn’t anything eat snails?

You could try to "invite" local bird species to your house by putting up a bird feeder or something. I know lots of bird species like to eat bugs and such.

-tpau15
10/24/09  12:24pm

 #2088280


Tempestborn
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   Message To: Tpau15   In reference to Message Id: 2088195


 Doesn’t anything eat snails?

i have birds, thank you. they don’t care about the snails at all. so cphill over at wd’s suggusted snail-eating snails, prompting the following adventure:
ok, well, this is special. in reading about the predator (or decollate) snails, my question was, then how do you get rid of the decollate snails? it does mention that decollate snails will lay eggs and multiply, so you should probably get fewer than you actually think you need. this is going somewhere, i promise.

the article shows a picture of a pile of snail-eating snails that looked suspiciously familiar. upon reading further, i am warned, "unless you live in texas or some california counties, the decollate snail is, sadly, not an option." so i decide (with foreboding in my heart) that i need to find a closer up picture of these snails. i found one. i found several. see this?



THIS IS WHAT I HAVE SEVEN MILLION OF IN MY YARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO WONDER WE DON’T HAVE THOSE PLAIN, OLD ROUND SNAILS IN TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OUR SNAILS ATE ’EM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10/24/09  05:04pm

 #2088292


Birdfever69
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   Message To: Tempestborn   In reference to Message Id: 2088280


 Doesn’t anything eat snails?

aww poor jesse. rob said to put salt all over the place. use the food salt. he said to mix salt and water and spray it on the siding. and sprinkle salt on the patio and sidewalks. he said theres nothing you can do about the grass. and he said they have powders that stop snails for your garden. he said look for deet and use that.

bless your heart jesse, i hope this works. good luck!!
10/24/09  06:24pm

 #2088344


Tempestborn
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   Message To: Birdfever69   In reference to Message Id: 2088292


 Doesn’t anything eat snails?

thank you. that’s a good suggestion. i can’t put it around the garden, of course, but it could help with the rest.
jesse
10/24/09  08:59pm

 #2088357


Birdfever69
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   Message To: Tempestborn   In reference to Message Id: 2088344


 Doesn’t anything eat snails?

oh crud i forgot, you feed out of your garden. maybe say screw your grass and put salt around the garden as a barrier. good luck hun!
10/24/09  09:22pm

 #2088497


Cphill58
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   Message To: Birdfever69   In reference to Message Id: 2088357


 Doesn’t anything eat snails?

Dejavu ...Jesse, I had not seen this thread ...hmmm, I posted answers on the other one.

I see you have read the info ...and I guess i misunderstood it..I thought if you lived in TX or Cal. you could use the decolate snails...I used them...

The other options are Iron phosphate a non toxic way to kill them ...or any scrap copper laid on the ground / in the ground will create a small electric current and they will not cross it. The google info I linked you too is full of these suggestions.

Cp
10/25/09  03:00pm

 #2088498


Tempestborn
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   Message To: Cphill58   In reference to Message Id: 2088497


 Doesn’t anything eat snails?

Thank you. It was that link where I got the info about my darling snails :)
10/25/09  03:05pm


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