tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post7488984251477076135..comments2024-02-18T04:34:40.897-04:00Comments on Living in Barbados: Can Bajans Become Bounty Hunters?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-90770832570464395632009-04-02T06:37:00.000-04:002009-04-02T06:37:00.000-04:00Meanwhile, locals keep doing what they were encour...Meanwhile, locals keep doing what they were encouraged to and go snail baiting. But, bait is not the best way, because when they die this way adult snails can each eject up to 1200 eggs (see Advocate report). The empty shells left behind by poisoning could also then pose another problem as they collected rain water and become a breeding ground for mosquitoes.MarbleHosthttp://www.marblehost.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498961727602805543.post-30453068782077014122009-03-31T11:01:00.000-04:002009-03-31T11:01:00.000-04:00These African snails have been a problem in B'dos ...These African snails have been a problem in B'dos for many years now. It's just that they have found themsleves in every parish these days so now Bajans/Government can't help but notice them. And now have to address the problem with these pests.<BR/><BR/>This type of snail invaded our island via cargo at the Bridgetown port poss. about 6 or 7 years ago (but it could be more). Initially they were only around that area but as time has passed they have invaded more areas. Tell why we couldn't have attacked the problem in the early stages? We were advised through the media that there were a bit like 'locusts'and would have the capability of demolishing a field in a night(if their numbers were allowed to increase). But nothing was done.<BR/><BR/>Bajans are a bit like the ostrich sticking his head in the sand and hoping the problem would just go away. (Please, before I get any comments about my nationality, I am a pure bred Bajan too).<BR/><BR/>I have been fighting them in my mother's garden for years to no avail. Her next door neighbour has am empty field at the bottom of his garden that he has just allowed to run wild so the snails used to go and hide there and come back again when the front was clear. <BR/><BR/>Yes I have to say I used the pellets that we obtained from the Agricultural stations but they didn't always have the right strength pellets. I have been informed that sometimes they used to buy the pellets that were more easily washed away with rain instead of the more potent, more hardy pellets that were more resistant to rainfall/watering.<BR/><BR/>Who would make a decision like that...it's a waste of money, and quite actually my time too.<BR/><BR/>So we want more money to collect them? Exactly how much do people want in order to cajole them to save 'their fields and hills'!iriebrownnoreply@blogger.com