Blue-Tongued Lizard
November 26th, 2001
The easiest way to keep pests under control is to let their predators do it for you. I’ve got a team of lizards patrolling both front and back gardens, cleaning up snails, slugs and other pests. All they seem to want in return is a steady water supply and a few rocks to bask on and live under.
Here’s one of the team in action:
Who needs snail pellets?
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1. Gerry | December 12th, 2007 at 12:56 am
I keep telling people the same thing. The slug pellets kill the natral predators as quickly as they do the slugs. This does more harm than good.
Keep it up.
2. Darren | January 17th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
I wish I could get cat pellets, though. Someone in my neighbourhood has a cat that they don’t keep in their yard, and it keeps coming over and killing lizards and birds. I wish I could find a way to keep it out!
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