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Mystery 'slime'on chopping boards

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BlueBelle Mon 28-Sept-20 22:42:47

It could well be slugs I live in an old house and occasionally find ‘part trails’ that seem to have no start and no end just a middle few inches but no trail to say a door or window so hetty slugs don’t leave a trail everywhere they go

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ElaineI Mon 28-Sept-20 22:37:59

Could you come down about midnight and check? Does sound like slugs. We had problems with them too but more near the cat food. Hate to say but I used salt and removed the cat food. I hate slugs!

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EllanVannin Mon 28-Sept-20 22:20:40

Pour boiling water over the chopping boards and leave them soaking overnight.
I'd have thrown them in the bin.

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Curlywhirly Mon 28-Sept-20 22:16:41

Hmm, Hetty, you do have a point; if it were slugs there would be trails on the worktops too.

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Curlywhirly Mon 28-Sept-20 22:15:20

It does sound like slugs - I had the same trails that kept appearing overnight on a rug in my lounge. I decided to have a look in the middle of the night, and caught the slug red-handed! I threw it out, only for the blighter to find its way back in a few days later. When I caught it again I put it in the bin and never saw any trails again.

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Hetty58 Mon 28-Sept-20 22:14:56

Surely, if it were slugs, the trails would be everywhere, not just on the chopping boards.

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singingnutty Mon 28-Sept-20 22:07:36

This is a rather embarrassing request! We have noticed on a few occasions that, overnight, wooden chopping boards left on kitchen work tops have what looks like slug trails crisscrossing them. There is no sign of any insect, rodent or slug presence anywhere in the kitchen. In fact, our kitchen is only recently installed and very clean. The boards have been well cleaned and only used for chopping vegetables and bread. We have a lot of spiders - not sure how they get in! - but I can't imagine how these trails could be made by them. Please can anyone help? We are puzzled and somewhat upset! It doesn't happen every night.

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