Mice, slugs, trails?

Hi all. Would it be possible for a slug to eat the bait out of a mousetrap? Do mice leave visible shiny gossamer trails like slugs? Wouldn't a slug trigger the trap?

Short of sleeping in the kitchen cupboard with a camera I've no idea how to find out what is in there. I've seen slugs and caught mice, but the mousehole's been closed up now and I haven't caught any for a while..

Nat

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Nat
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How about sprinkling flour around the area and seeing whether you end up with paw-prints or just slime trails?

(I once tried it in the kitchen before retiring for the night when we had a plague of nocturnal slugs; next morning I was none the wiser but SWMBO went ballistic at the flour mess...)

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Lobster

(snip) Brilliant idea! Thank you. (off to find some flour) Nat

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Nat

You could always put a camera on your PC, and do some time lapse photography ....

Rick

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Rick

Wont slugs stay away from the flour as they cant lay the slime over it ?. Same principle as putting gravel and sand around plants to stop slugs.

Dave

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dave stanton

!! I suppose I could!!. Actually, the more I think about that the better it seems. I'm going to have a google for the kit. Nat.

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Nat

How about putting some salt on the way to the trap ... this might slow any slugs down...

Alex.

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AlexW

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