slugs are easy to get rid of.
if you place your pot on a square of copper roof flashing so the copper sticks out 1-2 inches on all sides, no new slugs will approach your pot. (slug slime on copper creates a painful electrical charge in the slug's sensitive undercarriage lulz!)
sprinkling dried crushed eggshells on the surface of the soil cuts their feet up, and adds calcium and buffers acid in your soil
pie tins with a 1/2 inch of beer in the bottom will drown the fuckers (if deer might be a problem, beer will attract those bastards)
sluggetta is a slug/snail poison thats safe for pets as long as you keep them away when you throw it out, but once its on the ground your pets can go right back in.
corries is cheaper, very effective, but your pets might eat it