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Post by GailTheSnail on Sept 11, 2019 5:00:04 GMT
I have what I believe to be a rat killing my outdoor snails. I am heartbroken finding all these mangled shells and need a solution before I can figure out what kind of rat poison to get and I read peppermint repels them so I got some peppermint extract and put it in sachet bags hanging around the yard BUT I read (after I did it) that peppermint also is bad for snails. Does anyone know??
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simple
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Post by simple on Sept 12, 2019 16:31:06 GMT
Rat poison will certainly kill the snails, but peppermint won't. I've tried to feed my snails peppermint before, they didn't care one bit but they're still alive and well.
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Post by littlegoldsnail on Sept 19, 2019 21:47:33 GMT
Snails won’t eat peppermint because they usually have a pretty good sense of what they should and should not eat so they won’t be harmed by it, but direct contacts with peppermint oil would hurt them I would think. It opens up the pours on human skin which gives you that hot/cold feeling, so I would think it would hurt snails sensative bodies.
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