Multiguard Snail and Slug Killer is a safe snail and slug killer that’s specially formulated for use by people who care about native birds, fauna and earthworms. Garden friendly and breaks down as nutrients for soils and plants. Developed to provide more effective slug and snail control with less danger to animals and wild life.
- Most effective, faster acting.
- Low risk to domestic pets, dogs, cats, native birds & lizards, when used as directed on packaging.
- Eco-friendly as breaks down as nutrients for soil & plants. Harmless to earth worms and beneficial insects.
- 1kg treats 200 square metres
- Ideal on vegies, herbs and flowers.
- Active Constituent: 60g/kg Iron EDTA Complex
How does it work?
Multiguard Snail and Slug Killer is a bran-based, rust coloured pellet that’s applied in exactly the same way as ordinary slug and snail pellets. Unlike ordinary pellets though, it contains a revolutionary new active ingredient called Iron EDTA Complex. This is a substance we come across in everyday life: as a food additive to prevent rancidity, in medicine to treat anaemia, and as a trace element in fertiliser. Despite its benefits to humans however, Iron EDTA Complex is a deadly stomach poison to slugs and snails. Slugs and snails find Multiguard Snail and Slug Killer highly attractive and consume the pellets in preference to nearby plants. Once they’ve eaten, they lose their appetites and head off home to die – quickly and without trace. Shells are seldom found after treatment with Multiguard®.
How safe is it to animals?
CAUTION: DO NOT place pellets in piles or heaps. DO NOT allow animals access to the packet as dogs may find Multiguard attractive and if consumed in large quantities it may be toxic. Multiguard is one of the least toxic of all slug and snail killers used world-wide. The active ingredient Iron EDTA Complex is rated less toxic than common salt. In 1997 the Australian Veterinary Association evaluated the safety of Multiguard® to dogs, who are the usual victims, and concluded that it appears to be a great advance in the development of slug and snail killers, showing considerably less toxicity for dogs than alternative products. Multiguard contains a bittering agent to deter the consumption of large quantities by children. As dogs can gulp a quantity of food down before they even care what it tastes like, it too risky to rely on the bittering agent alone to deter dogs from eating Snail and slug baits.
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