From eaplatt@also.hooked.net Wed May 17 23:47:51 EDT 1995
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From: eaplatt@also.hooked.net (Elizabeth Platt)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Re: Snails-Any Natural Preditors?
Date: 14 May 1995 10:29:33 -0700
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dmartin@cdmas.crc.mcw.edu (Don Martinson ) wrote:

Geese, ducks, chickens, etc., will gobble up snails.  Problem 
is, they'll happily peck your garden to pieces, too!  Rats and 
mice also fancy snails--and your veggies--and are another good 
reason to keep them out of your yard.  Some birds eat snails, 
but I don't know what species. 

I have a lot of salamanders in my garden, and they eat some of 
the smallest slugs; I've seen a few of them in the process of 
devouring slugs.  Don't know if they'll also eat the tiniest 
snails, but I believe they will eat snail EGGS, which is a 
plus!  

Elizabeth
eaplatt@hooked.com

>
>Have you tried shallow saucers of beer (NO, really!)? 
>It works for  slugs.  They are attracted to it, crawl 
>in and drown.
>
>Don Martinson
>dmartin@cdmas.crc.mcw.edu




