Ignoring them is not one of the options, but it may be something to consider if we don t mind the occasional hole in our leaves. The first option is to give them something else they would rather eat. My slugs would rather eat lettuce and pulmonarias than hostas. So I may feed them some of those crops or just allow them to eat the tastier one in my garden. Another option is to ward them away.
Some nurseries have strips of copper all around their nursery or specific greenhouses.
The copper seems to act as a barrier. The slugs don t seem to like to cross it. It may be because they get a slight electrical shock from crossing it. However, it may also be because the copper is toxic to their system and they probably absorb some of it through their slime and skin. If copper is too expensive to buy in sheets, we can rejoice in that there is a government program that subsidizes our plant protection.