Armadillos

[Beach Runner]

An armadillo dug 20 or so deep holes all over my lawn last year. I placed my wireless driveway alert next to one of the areas and the beep came about 2am that evening which was followed by me exiting the backdoor with my pistol and coming up behind them. They have very poor eye sight so dont make any noise and they will not know you are around at night. He was a big boy at @30lbs and fit nicely into the hole I dug for him to rest peacefully. No more holes in the yard or for my horses to step into. Driveway alert is the way to go.

Actually we installed motion detectors all over the property after our home invasion, but unplugged the alarm because we have so many deer in the yard that the alarm was keeping us awake at night. Maybe we should plug it back in until we kill off some armadillos.

That being said, our neighbor owns 4000 contiguous acres of undeveloped property behind our home. I wonder how many armadillos are coming from there. Rather have armadillos than developed property.

 

[scooterbug44]

Question - I thought you had a large dog? Can't she deal with them?

 

[Beach Runner]

Question - I thought you had a large dog? Can't she deal with them?

Honey, no way am I gonna let my fur baby get into a fight with an armadillo.

Plus she is restricted to the walled patio area due to a contract with the breeder. If she gets run over by a car, we have to pay the breeder $5000. We bought her as a show dog, but then when we found out what a pain that would be, we decided not to do that and had her spayed. The breeder wants all of her puppies to live as long as possible so that when a potential buyer wants to check on the family health history of a pup, there are longitudinal studies online. There are lots of online sites where one can check that stuff, like the Poodle Health Registry. Crazy, I'll admit. I don't want her run over because I love her and love the way she cuddles up to me at night or when there is thunder.

 

[wrobert]

Forgot to mention you can grab them by the tail and they cant bite you if you want to relocate them. They have limited ability to pull up like a raccoon just grab the tail and keep it away from your body and place them into a trash can. They do make all sorts of loud noises when you grab ahold so be prepared or you will drop them and run like a little girl (i did this the 1st time).

If you shoot them in the rear with a .22 they will take off at a high rate of speed. Lead them enough though and you can put a stop to them.

 

[Beach Runner]

OMG! I just heard back from the Ph.D. colleague who is a bat expert. He says that inhaling the poop can cause a fungal infection of the lungs!!!!!!!!!!!!! He said we should keep the shutters closed, and if the bat doesn?t leave because of the moonlights, he will come to the house and catch it. Then he says we should hose the poop off the upper gallery and not touch it.

Thank God I didn?t touch the shutter. I have long QT syndrome of the heart which means there are certain meds I can?t take, like anti-fungals, because they could cause me to have a fatal heart arrhythmia.


Argh!

 

[megawisdumb]

No Ph.D here but here's a news flash for you.....inhaling any type of poo is not heathly. It's poo and as such carries bacteria. I got crapped on by a seagull last month...haven't laughed that hard in months.

 

[Beach Runner]

No Ph.D here but here's a news flash for you.....inhaling any type of poo is not heathly. It's poo and as such carries bacteria. I got crapped on by a seagull last month...haven't laughed that hard in months.

I was running one day and got pooped on by a bird. GROSS! I feel your pain.

I guess I am clueless because I know that poop stinks, but I didn't think that it has germs unless the pooper has an infection.

BTW I sleep with a dog.

 

[Teresa]

No Ph.D here but here's a news flash for you.....inhaling any type of poo is not heathly. It's poo and as such carries bacteria. I got crapped on by a seagull last month...haven't laughed that hard in months.

bat guano (especially large quantities due to hundreds of bats in an attic or enclosed space in the home) is a health risk due to the spores of a fungus in the guano - can go airborne and cause a lung infection - histoplasmosis. not sure if a bat hanging outside is going to give any cause for alarm but may as well consult a pro and have it removed/relocated. we do need our bats! just not in the house.

I saw an entire segment on this recently and it was pretty amazing watching hundreds of bats get removed from an attic and set free so they could find another, more natural location. Guano removal had to be done very carefully by the pro.

 

[Beach Runner]

bat guano (especially large quantities due to hundreds of bats in an attic or enclosed space in the home) is a health risk due to the spores of a fungus in the guano - can go airborne and cause a lung infection - histoplasmosis. not sure if a bat hanging outside is going to give any cause for alarm but may as well consult a pro and have it removed/relocated. we do need our bats! just not in the house.

I saw an entire segment on this recently and it was pretty amazing watching hundreds of bats get removed from an attic and set free so they could find another, more natural location. Guano removal had to be done very carefully by the pro.

Wow! Thanks for letting me know!

 

[megawisdumb]

Isn't gange and guano the same stuff? Man, I knew I got had. If there are 10's/100's or more bats than yes call the pros and remove the poo but one bat and one pile...ur good with a little windex. I had one fly into me years ago and it knocked him out. I placed him on the porch rail and watch him for about 15 mins or so until he came around and flew off. Neat looking dude. He didn't poo.