Spotted Garden Slugs

[Running Elk]

I'm currently visiting Louisiana for a few weeks. However, I'm from VA and we find these spotted garden slugs all over the place. I realize my turtles eat whatever they get their beaks on in their enclosure and box turtles eat various slugs in the wild, but should I be worried about intentionally feeding these slugs to my turtles? I always want to collect them up and give them to my turtles...I know this is probably a dumb question, but you can never be too safe. Does anyone go out of their way to feed these to their turtles?

 

[johnsonnboswell]

I do. I find them in places that I know have not been sprayed or treated. My boxies love them.

 

[Lemonade]

Wow, leopard print slug. Never seen in California.

 

[johnsonnboswell]

My vegan granddaughter helped me get some yesterday and fed them to the boxies. She described in great detail the squooshiness as Johnson & the others bit into them. Almost made my daughter throw up.

 

[T33's Torts]

My dog eats them.

 

[Maggie Cummings]

Looks just like the ones I feed to my box turtles......

 

[Moozillion]

My dog eats them.

Oh, YUCK!!!