How to get rid of indoor slugs near kitchen appliances
Slugs keep appearing in the kitchen near appliances like the oven and dishwasher after heavy rains, leaving homeowners afraid they cannot find or seal the entry gaps. Meanwhile, landlords provide chemical sprays that may not be suitable or safe to use around toddlers in the home.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1moving the slugs outside manually
- 2leaving the lights on at night
- 3laying down paper tape to check for snail trails
- 4considering diatomaceous earth or copper tape
- 5leaving out beer to attract them away
- 6Searching Google to check chemical suitability
- 7Asking online forums for advice before applying treatments
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/Pestcontrol1 person · October 2026
“Omg. I am glad I posted this on here. This makes me mad.”source ↗
Punrusorth · r/Pestcontrol · 1 upvotes
r/homeowners1 person · September 2026
Where this came up
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