Slug Breeding 101

[Poly]

Well, let me start off by saying... Slugs are even lower maintenance than worms! (Worms are burried, so you can't see the ones that die, and they consume A LOT more "organic matter" than slugs do.)

Put them in a appropriately sized container. Make sure to create vents/air holes that they cannot escape out of as slugs are one of best escape artists (I heated up an old fork, and melted holes along the upper lip of my chosen container).

Use a damp soil substrate, and give them fresh veggies (they especially like lettuce) daily.

Mist daily, keeping their humidity around 70% (a humidity gauge comes in handy).

That's it...!

Leave about 40 slugs like this for around two weeks or so, and they will start to re-produce and lay eggs!

I had my slugs in a 2.5 Gallon Kritter Keeper, but had to move them as that's what I keep crickets in, so I put them in a box... yep, a plain old, cardboard box. (All I had at the time.)

I left them in the box for another week (until I got into town to get a new container).

Once I got the new container, I started putting them in it from the box, as I'm doing this, I'm noticing these little, clear, round "bead" like things in the soil... turns out, there eggs.

My slugs bred... that easy!

Here's the box they bred/layed eggs in:


Here's the eggs:




Here's their new set-up:



Here's the egg's set-up (I seperated them so I could tell F1 and F2 slugs apart):


Can't wait to see them hatch!

~Royce

[frogluver]

This is awesome Royce!! I can't believe they're that easy to care for/breed. I'm going to make sure I get a head start on my slug harvesting this summer haha :P!!

[Poly]

Haha, yeah, tell me about it! I'm going to set them up in a 45 Gallon Drum next year!