Armadillos

[Beach Runner]

All of a sudden we have armadillos damaging our freshly-landscaped property in GA that was just spruced up for the wedding. Any ideas? Do I need to sit outside with my revolver at night? Not using the Beretta -- makes me too nervous. Don't want to poison our standard poodle in the patio area where she goes potty but where the nasty critters have recently invaded. They have also just invaded the front yard which is not part of Pepper's territory but where we have spent a boatload of money on new sod for the June wedding.

Should I call Orkin or Rid-A-Critter or what? I can't stay up all night with a gun. Classes started today. I need some sleep.

MFRS.

 

[Teresa]

ahhhhhhhhhh,, I love armadillos! we had whole families nesting in our huge fern beds under live oaks in Gainesville long ago. I would only see them at dusk, and they didn't see me or seem to care that I was standing right there. we didn't bother them and they didn't bother us. there was this possum that helped himself to the catfood IN the kitchen once....

anyway, not sure what to do about the problem of critters in your yard - surely the pros know what to do. hope they can be relocated but not sure if that is the solution for armadillos. I hope so!

 

[DD]

I feel your pain, BR. Between them and the moles, I only have flowers in pots--and the heat didn't help either. All the flowers in the ground are long gone. They leave holes everywhere. I don't wanna kill 'em, but dammit.

 

[Douglas the Intrepid]

Remember to cook them thoroughly before eating as they can cause leprosy! I recommend a lovely spaghetti sauce as they can be a bit greasy...If you can't beat-em, eat-em! lol

 

[Lynnie]

BR, would a BB ricochet off an armadillo? I had some kinda' critter eating my succulents (in containers), so I brought them all in and have managed to give them a slow death anyway. Dangitall.

 

[scooterbug44]

Remember to cook them thoroughly before eating as they can cause leprosy!

Did you get that from Royal Pains?

BR I was told that cayenne pepper would discourage armadillos - but the image of you armed and lying in wait is making me laugh - just don't shoot the neighbors!

 

[Teresa]

you think armadillos eat up plants? you should see these massive georgia thumpers that multiply every summer and grow into these huge grasshoppers and then they start munching. and we just let 'em go at it - what the heck they have to eat, right? plus, we don't do manicured anything in the woods so its not so horrible. I mean they eat whole plants. no, not as big as an armadillo, but they are huge for a grasshopper and huge in numbers!!!

 

[Beach Runner]

I feel your pain, BR. Between them and the moles, I only have flowers in pots--and the heat didn't help either. All the flowers in the ground are long gone. They leave holes everywhere. I don't wanna kill 'em, but dammit.

OMG! If they start digging in the formal geometric gardens that we spent a fortune on, I WILL shoot them. Although I heard from a friend that when they're shot, they jump pretty high and explode. Not cleaning that up. [FONT=&quot][/FONT]

Remember to cook them thoroughly before eating as they can cause leprosy! I recommend a lovely spaghetti sauce as they can be a bit greasy...If you can't beat-em, eat-em! lol

Our landscape maintenance guys (you know SWGB, the ones you saw with Big D at Pizza Bar ) said that their friends say armadillo tastes like pork, but they won't eat them. The landscape guys can't wait for their next trip to SoWal -- they love the restaurants! They are really nice guys.

BR, would a BB ricochet off an armadillo? I had some kinda' critter eating my succulents (in containers), so I brought them all in and have managed to give them a slow death anyway. Dangitall.

I dunno. That's why our daughter demanded that I not shoot.

Did you get that from Royal Pains?

BR I was told that cayenne pepper would discourage armadillos - but the image of you armed and lying in wait is making me laugh - just don't shoot the neighbors!

LOL. After our home invasion, no one would visit us without calling first. They were afraid I'd shoot them.

you think armadillos eat up plants? you should see these massive georgia thumpers that multiply every summer and grow into these huge grasshoppers and then they start munching. and we just let 'em go at it - what the heck they have to eat, right? plus, we don't do manicured anything in the woods so its not so horrible. I mean they eat whole plants. no, not as big as an armadillo, but they are huge for a grasshopper and huge in numbers!!!

Well, we have deer eating up everything they can, so I hear ya. There have been several times that deer have almost hit our car while we were driving up the driveway! [FONT=&quot][/FONT]

Now we have had another attack from the animal kingdom. We went on the upper porch today and found almost a quart of animal droppings. They were right under one of our hurricane shutters (that BTW came in handy when Hurricane Opal came through GA in1995). Big D closed the shutter, and there was a bat attached to the brick siding! We ran like bunnies into the house. I dunno what we're gonna do. One of my colleagues is a bat expert, so I have emailed him.
Bat turds for real!

 

[megawisdumb]

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.

 

[megawisdumb]

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).