Snowy Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 OH up early this morning - brings in milk and bread from doorstep and puts both in fridge. Fast forward to 2.30 - house full of parents and children, double birthday party in full swing. I open the fridge and bend down to retrieve salad from bottom drawer. As I lift my head I come face to face with a humungous slug chilling gently on the loaf! 5 inches from my nose! Cue Snowy jumping up and down in the kitchen squealing and gesticulating at the fridge until very brave friend comes to the rescue by removing slug and feeding it to the chickens. Just how big a wuss am I? (but I really don't like slugs when they jump out at me like that!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Yep slugs do have a tendency to just jump at you like that Its always the quiet ones.............. I know what you mean though! I bet your girls enjoyed it! xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Because we grow our own I'm afraid creepy crawlies in the fridge come with the territory, earwigs are the worst I hate them, they don't mind the cold and they do jump out at you when you least expect it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I'd have been jumping up and down and shrieking with you Snowy! Yuk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Yuk I don't like slugs, and can't bear to pick them up I think the only think they are good for is being fed to the chooks karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I was church cleaning yesterday, & when i was hoovering the carpet in the back hall I could see a slug trail on it My parents have a slug which visits their cat's food bowl every night, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I had a problem with the work's cat's food bowl being visited by the slugs as it has to be kept outside. Now I've made a surround for it out of one row of bricks and a moat of rocksalt - works a treat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Snowy im sorry to giggle but i can just see the mayhem in the house and then you coming nose to slime with a slug in your fridge - brilliant!!! The look on your face would have been priceless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 I can laugh about it now Emma! It was one of those real skin crawl moments at the time though. Gave all my 'mates' a good laugh as well. Even the children had a good laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 In our old house the slugs used to get in through the cat flap at night, so any late night visits to the kitchen would be fraught with slug infested danger. And I'm not talking about the odd one or two slug, I'm talking at least 20 slugs a night. And there would be hartlet the cat, valiently munching her way through them......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Oh Shona how yuk! I cant remember if i have posted this before When i was younger, about aged 7/8, my brother and I were playing with friends Carl & Christian - who was the youngest of the four of us. Somehow we convinced Christian that slugs were chocolate and he ate one! I will pay for this on judgement day no doubt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I found a huge slug on my BHWT bag yesterday (it has got something weird underneath it ( ) I took the bag outside and let the chooks see it, they all had a good look and Squeak went for it, grabbed it, then ran. the others didnt seem to know what she had - I think my chickens are stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocobo Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 yucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 my neighbours son when I was a child ate a slug once and foamed at the mouth! Did you say the slug was on the load? Toast for tea then.....? Mrs Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 my neighbours son when I was a child ate a slug once and foamed at the mouth! Did you say the slug was on the load? Toast for tea then.....? Yes, but only on the plastic outer bag. My friend made me laugh - she sprayed dettox on the bag and gave it a wipe over! I did say I wasn't planning on licking the wrapper! A while back a friends young son was sat at the tea table with his mouth firmly shut and not eating his tea. She asked him why not and he didn't answer, so she ordered him to open his mouth. He did so to reveal a mouth full of green, slimy slug innards. His older brothers had encouraged him I believe. She said no one wanted any tea after that ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I can't believe all these 'eating a slug' stories. We had a kitten once who ate a slug. It stuck to the sides of her throat and she couldn't breathe or swallow. It was really frightening! My mother held the kitten's mouth open and I pulled out numerous bits of slug with a pair of tweezers. Fortunately the kitten survived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I don't like slugs either and happily murder them if I find any in my garden. I was moving pasrt of the wood pile this morning and sat down on a log for a breather and a tiny little mouse came out for a moment to look around. I put a little pile of corn in the logs for him... what a sweet little fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
