Slug wars!

[MissyMoo]

Ok this is a silly question but I have to ask it.

The slug wars have started and we inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy over the weekend...85 to be exact. We use beer traps and in the interest of not wasting anything......

Can you feed the beer drenched slugs to the birds?

I guess I mean that the beer is bad for the slugs so will it harm the birds? Should I just be burying the little blighters rather than trying to recycle?

[Lesley Jay]

You might end up with drunk birds!! I would just throw them in the bin.

[Nicos]

They may try feeding them to their young too! Squash and bin I reckon!

[SueA]

I wouldn't give them to the birds unless you want them flying into your windows & weaving around the garden drunk! You could put them on your compost heap if you have one or just draining them & putting them in the bin which is what I used to do-got fed up with the beer traps as I couldn't face all those smelly slimey bodies!

[andrewo]

Supposedly oatmeal blows them up and dries them out, never tried it, seemed a waste of oatmeal. Seems a waste of beer too. I just use a torch at night and air tight bucket, then take them down to the ducks on the canal during the day.

[MissyMoo]

Thanks guys, you kinda reinforced my thoughts and the last thing I'd want is birds weaving around the garden drunk...it's bad enough with the slugs!!