topic Re: Armadillo in Garden

Armadillo

Bellmead — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 19:52:36 GMT

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get rid these creatures?

Re: Armadillo

x Hedge — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 22:12:37 GMT

Awww ... I'd build him a little house and let him eat all the lawn grubs & Japanese beetles he wants.
Too bad I'm in a colder part of the country than you obviously are.

Re: Armadillo

Kachina624 — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 22:35:35 GMT

I didn't know armadillos were so bothersome. No, I never heard of a way to get rid of them except to lure them into traffic. That's where most of them seem to end their days.

Re: Armadillo

x Hedge — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 03:58:05 GMT

Holy cow @Kachina624, What a suggestion!
I was trying to highlite what a bonus it could be to have one in the garden. A little live-in combination pest controller & fertilizer supplier.

Re: Armadillo

ValuSkr — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 04:42:27 GMT

Are armadillos destructive in the landscape? Rabbts are destructive but at least they're cute.

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Carmie — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:03:20 GMT

Put a fence up around your property and keep the grubs under control. Also, place mothballs around your landscape.

i am glad we don’t have them here. There are quite a few lawns in my neighborhood that have been 100% runined by skunks digging for grubs. You should see the mess they create....the grass is gone and there are holes everywhere.

Re: Armadillo

mare54 — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 01:26:45 GMT

Here in Texas, the only ones I see are road kill... LOL! Good luck!! I have lived in Texas 20 years and think I have only seen maybe 2 live ones. All the rest were dead!

Re: Armadillo

Bellmead — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:18:32 GMT

Yes, they are alive and living here in SC (we are from the north and never had these) I thought they would only be in the southwest....was I wrong. The did in the ground to find grubs and they are found of tender roots on newly planted trees. Thanks to all for the suggestions.

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1920712 — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 22:26:56 GMT

We had one a year or so ago that was digging up gardens and flower beds at our house and also at neighbors. We used a live trap (approx. 3' x 4') to get it. It seemed to always come in near our back gate from the woods. Because it seemed to use the same route getting into our yard, we set the trap facing the opening in the gate where it came through, placing a boarded tunnel from bricks and boards from the opening to the open trap. We also covered the trap with an old tarp and disguised it as best we could. It simply waddled into the trap and we hauled it far away from our neighborhood....no bait required. If you can determine where it is getting into your yard, that would be our suggestion.

Re: Armadillo

Kachina624 — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 04:16:35 GMT

We don't seem to have them in NM, at least not the Albuquerque area. Probably too cold in winter. I had quite a few up close and personal experiences with them in Texas. Do you know they carry leprosy? They have to be one of the dumbest of God's creatures. Only they would stumble into a trap with no bait.