NPR | Submitted by: spooz "A young woman had come in with some stomach ailments, and her mother said she had been fed the juices of a live snail as a healing rite..." That's the Giant African Land Snail, to be precise. They can grow to be 10 inches long. They leave a slimy trail of excrement wherever they go. They harbor the microscopic rat-lung worm, which can transmit meningitis to humans. And they will literally eat your house... "They'll attach to the side of the house and eat the stucco off the side of the house.""
After the first rain, you'll haffta put more salt out. Buy thin copper flashing, ( at least 4 in wide) and install around the bottom of yer house. Snails cant cross the copper. Fix is permanent.
Typical costs: Chemical extermination is generally priced by the linear foot. A home that is 150-linear feet around, or 1,250-square feet, will cost about $1,350 -$2,500. A 2,500-square foot home with 200 linear feet will be about $1,700 -$3,200. (The highest price designates homes with a slab foundation.) The bait extermination process for the same 1,250-square foot house will typically start at $1,500. A 2,500-square foot home will cost about $3,000.
