Armadillo
 

We now have an armadillo residing in the back yard. Any help in telling what i need to do to get rid of him would be greatly appreciated.

First of all, I wouldn't touch him. Some armadillos are known to carry leprosy. I would try calling animal control for advice.

Armadillos have a great sense of smell and a large part of their brain is dedicated to it, so the answer to how to get rid of armadillos is fairly simple. Make your yard stink! Yes, strong scented, eye-stinging scents like those of vinegar or ammonia or good old pine cleaner can stop armadillos in their tracks, driving them from their borrows and your yard. Rumor has it, these roly-poly creatures are offended by the smell of pine needles or pine bark. You might try switching to one of these as mulch for your garden beds.

I had them in a home in south Florida , they ripped up my lawn pretty bad , I tried some stuff but it never worked , they finally moved on and another homeowner set traps they seemed to work . There may be new stuff but couldn’t tell you how good it is good luck you’ll need it

Warm up the grill.

Smoke them at a low temp for an extended period to make sure that the fat renders properly. Since I cannot get apple wood conveniently here, I have changed to orange wood for smoking meat/BBQ. It's a mild fruit wood. I understand their legs are choice meat when smoked properly. :MOJE_whot:

Tastes like chicken?????:)

Possum on the half shell

They are digging up slugs, get rid of your bugs and they'll go away. That is why God created pesticides.

I have read leprosy can be spread from human to armadillo and not just from armadillo to human.

That's why armadillos "socially distance":1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

:1rotfl::1rotfl::clap2:

Just a quick question about Armadillos - We just came back to WI (we are seasonal),
during our drive back we saw a number of road killed Armadillos.
Just wondering how far north is their range, not as far north as WI, as have never seen
one here.

The northern Georgia border is patrolled by a fleet of pick-up trucks with gun racks, Jack Daniels stickers and confederate flags that hunt armadillos on the road---hence the term "road kill":1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:
But to be serious, according to Wikipedia (yeah, I know), they extend as far north as southern Indiana and Nebraska

How far north?
 

I've seen them sunning their bellies in ST LOUIS. Map it.

Being from Texas, I might be able to help.

First of all, you REALLY want to get rid of him. If he decides to take up residence, he will dig huge tunnels under your foundation. Fortunately, they're the world's easiest critter to trap. You can pick up a trap at Tractor Supply. It's just a cage with a spring-loaded door.

If you look closely at the little pits he digs in your lawn, you can figure out his route. Just lay the cage in the path of his route and throw a little dirt over the entrance. He'll walk right in. They're really dumb.

Then you have to figure out what to do with him. Don't just dump him in the country to become someone else's problem. Take him to a nature preserve or something.

Leprosy? It's mostly an old wives tale. Back in the 30's when starving dust bowl folks were catching them to eat (they called them "Hoover Dogs") there was coincidentally a university study to find another animal on the planet that was susceptible to leprosy. The only other animal they could infect with it was the armadillo. So, naturally, there was a rumor of an escaped lab armadillo with leprosy that made the news and now all armadillos supposedly have leprosy. In fact, they may be disgusting to look at but they're just about the least dangerous wild animal there is, since they have no teeth to speak of, they're nearly immune to rabies, and they don't hang out in sewers or live in colonies.

If all else fails and he won't go into your trap, you can always shoot him with a pellet gun. But you'll have to get up at 3 in the morning to do it.

This is not an old wife's tale.

By Laura Clark
smithsonianmag.com
March 2, 2015

Last week, officials in eastern Florida announced the emergence of three new cases of leprosy—the ancient, highly stigmatized disease once handled by isolation—in the last five months. And two of those cases have been linked to contact with the armored, strangely cute critter endemic to the American south: armadillos.

Armadillos are the only other animals besides humans to host the leprosy bacillus. In 2011, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article formally linking the creature to human leprosy cases—people and armadillos tested in the study both shared the same exact strain of the disease.

How Armadillos Can Spread Leprosy
|
Smart News

| Smithsonian Magazine

Do they taste like chicken?

None of the above works.

In that case, just ship them off to Kevin Costner's (Tin Cup) driving range in west Texas:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Put moth balls under the soil. They will not come back.

The Armadillo and his/her friends are probably thinking the same thing about you.We, after all, are the intruders!

Take a broken glass and put it in the hole then take an old rag/towel soak in Pine Sol lay this in the hole they are digging or living in. The smell will keep them away and they will not dig where broken glass is. Also get moth balls and lay around your yard. I used the one from the dollar store. Good luck. They make a mess. But this was a no fail way to get rid of them.

Blast Rap Music from your lanai, I’m sure he’ll leave immediately.

I used to love that old song.
"Is this the way to armadillo!"

Please do not kill him. Please try to contact some animal service that might help with information.

Actually, they taste like pork. I know from experience. No kidding.

I have dealt with armadillos in the past in another state. They can make a mess of your yard as they dig for food. I believe the easiest way to rid your yard of them is to remove their food source. They will then move elsewhere. Treat your property with pesticides.

A 12 gauge shotgun always does the trick !

Put a string of mothballs just under the ground on your property. That is what we did.

Armadillo
 

They can have multiple burrows and go weeks between visiting them. Trap and relocate if possible. I tried putting the cats litter in the hole. Didn’t work. I tried chlorine, didn't work. As I had a pool at the time I put muriatic acid in the burrow and that did the trick.

Don’t do this. It’s illegal in the state of Florida.

Armadillos
 

We used moth balls in Texas. Just spread them around your yard and in flower beds. It worked for us. Works for skunks too.

Regular patrols of Mothball Detector vans around TV!:icon_wink:

Our neighbor used mothballs around its burrow.

Ky and Indiana
 

I have lived in either Kentucky or Indiana my entire life until moving here last month. I have never seen or heard of an armadillo in those areas.

Not sure what is legal. Not in Florida I put out a have a heart trap to catch squirrels.
OK so now you have caught one. What are you going to do with it? My neighbor used to drown them. I took mine to a park a few miles away and let it go. Not as easy to do as it might seems when you have a terrified wild animal in the trap. In any case by the time I drove home, they all look alike to me but it seems he ran back faster than I could drive.

Some people get carried away. Muriatic acid is hydrocloric acid surely it killed your lawn.

Why so much hatred of armadillos? They're part of the local ecosystem.

He should contact the guy in the other recent thread here who has a wacky dog pooper guy problem on his property and send the wacky pooper guy over to this OP's house. That will satisfy the other OP and send his poopy guy where he is needed and give this OP some needed stink.

They should exchange addresses: https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...ooping-319911/