Day#293-October 20th/2011-I started this colony in the spring time and since then have around 100+ slugs and twice if not more eggs in the colony. The bottom of the enclosure is covered with eggs. In the spring time i started with 2 adults. So the colony grew slowly but now it grows rapidly almost every day the slugs lay 50+ eggs. Since i am keeping them indoors the eggs should hatch in 2 weeks. of course the ones that were orignally laid should hatch out in one week. In around 1 month my population should be in the thousands.
Every 1000 slugs eat 1 pound of food a day. So if you have 10 000 slugs that's 10 pounds of food a day! So once it starts rolling it will be more of a challenge to keep them well fed. They make quite a lot of "Slug Compost" Hmm maybe i should make a Slug Composting Bin? I'll think about it during winter. So in the spring time i'd be looking out for a post about Slug Composting!
I'll keep you updated on how this colony is going and when it will be time for a Challenge...
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