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Armadillo Problems HELP!!!

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Sooo do you do any gardening???


Do you like walking into fire ant nests..... I am going to go against the grain here and say leave the things alone.... its a balance of nature kind of thing. proviede them with a safe habitat where they are doing no harm to you .. and they will take care of some of the ants and bugs you DONT like..


Like its cousin the anteater, the armadillo loves to feast on ants. In fact, it's fond of all kinds of bugs, particularly larval and adult scarab beetles which will wreck havoc on gardens if not controlled. The armadillo has a keen sense of smell and can sniff out a tasty meal six inches underground. When digging for grubs, worms, and other goodies, it leaves behind three to four inch cone shaped holes. It regularly revisits these holes to gobble up any new bugs or snails which may have slipped in. Its sticky, barbed tongue aids it in picking up its food. The armadillo is also known to feed on carrion, with a distinct preference for the maggots it finds there. It has 30 to 32 teeth, all of them peg shaped molars



Oops.. forgot to add the website.... so the anal retentive types dont accuse me of plagarism:|

http://www.flex.net/~lonestar/armadillo.htm

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Yeah but as we said it has dug a huge hole under the foundation of my house which could eventually cause cracks in the foundation. Not to mention they are under my bedroom and it is kinda creepy.
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Yeah but as we said it has dug a huge hole under the foundation of my house which could eventually cause cracks in the foundation. Not to mention they are under my bedroom and it is kinda creepy.



To go along with what Amazon said have you found out what might be a good alternative habitat for them and build it. Bats like attics but we don't want them in the house, so you build them a bat shelter in a near by tree and you get the benefit of them eating bugs without living in your house.
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12 gauge
10 gauge
claymore mines trip wires
pungie sticks w/ poison tips
flame thrower
grenades
M203 grenade launcher
try fire crackers and when they come out stomp them to death with some golf shoes


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try fire crackers and when they come out stomp them to death with some golf shoes



dude, the mental picture i getwith that is pricless....... and i have to say this... untill i had driven through texas i had never seen a armadillo in person, thenimade the drive and bam, there was one.... dead on the side ofthe road........lol...

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untill i had driven through texas i had never seen a armadillo in person, thenimade the drive and bam, there was one.... dead on the side ofthe road...



It is said that their response when frightened by oncoming headlights is to jump up in the air - which is a really bad thing to do in front of a fast-moving car...

Attached is a photo of one I caught while hiking in the desert. They can't see worth a darn, and I walked right up to him and watched for several minutes before he realized I was there and skittered off into the brush.

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***Isn't Armadillo soup supposed to be tasty?

Actually God invented Armadillos so us rednecks could have "Possum on the half shell".:P
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We had a problem a few years ago and the solution worked very well. As animals mark there turf with urine we were told to go to the nearest feed store and purchase a bottle of Bob Cat urine and sprinkle it around the yard. Beings Bob Cats are a preditor of Armadillo they hightailed it and we did not have to kill them. My only question was who gets the Bob Cat to piss in a bottle ?

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***Isn't Armadillo soup supposed to be tasty?

Actually God invented Armadillos so us rednecks could have "Possum on the half shell".:P




***Armadillo Chili

2 1/2 pounds lean Ground Armadillo (or Beef chuck)
1 pound lean Ground pork
1 cup finely-chopped onion
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 12-ounce can beer
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
1 cup water
3 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons ground cumin
2 tablespoons instant beef bouillon
2 teaspoons oregano leaves
2 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon Louisiana hot sauce
1 teaspoon flour
1 teaspoon cornmeal
1 tablespoon warm water

In large saucepan or Dutch oven, brown half the meat; pour off fat.
Remove meat. Brown remaining meat; pour off fat, reserving 2 tablespoons.
Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until tender. Add meat and remaining
ingredients except flour, cornmeal and warm water. Mix well. Bring to boil;
reduce heat and simmer covered 2 hours. Stir together flour and cornmeal;
add warm water. Mix well. Stir into chili mixture. Cook, covered, 20 minutes
longer.
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Mmmmmm I gotta try this sometime. :ph34r:

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ahhhh yes. the ol' "panzer opossum living under the house" scenario. :P gotta love it.

i think you should shine a light into the hole. i mean, come on. you've driven down 301 at night. those things dart out in front of headlights ALL the time. so if you shine a flashlight into the hole, that little f-er will not only run out of the hole, it will also jump really high and hit its little head on the closest hard object. then you can plug the hole.

or

cook another korean meal (with me there this time). eat lots of kim-chee. lots. after digesting a bit, use a little, oh how shall i put this, oxygen displacement in the hole. and if that thing doesn't come out, i say to just charge him rent and enjoy his company. :P

but don't you kill it oren. those things are much more fun while they're alive.:D

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Run a garden hose down the hole and turn it on. They will come out. Then you either have to catch them or shoot them. Personally, I prefer a higher caliber than the 22, such as a 357. Or just go out at 1:00 am and they will be there digging up your yard.
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Making a huge mud pie UNDER THE FOUNDATION SLAB OF HIS HOUSE probably ranks pretty low on the 'good idea' list....:P
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Personally, I prefer a higher caliber than the 22, such as a 357.



I do too, but its easier to shoot a .22 in the city without drawing attention.:P



Especially if you use the Aquila CB caps... not much more noise than a popgun... works great around stables for killing rats because they don't freak the horses out....
Mike
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I have a female skunk that lives in a hole in the ground near the hot tub. She use to live under my bathroom floor. Chased her out and sealed up the hole. Being spring is close, I will be seeing her new kits soon. Fun to watch them play while I hang in the tub. Mama skunk is more like a pet now that we have an understanding. I won't chase her off (she only comes back, what's the use?) and she won't squirt at me anymore. As far as armadillo's, I got them too. Hell it a regular damn zoo. Chase them off or shoot them and others replace them. Learn to live with them once they are out from under the house.
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When you're out of the blue and into the black."
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Geez, I'm totally NOT qualified to comment on this.
Ask about lots of other animals and I have encountered them, but NEVER an armadillo.

Let me know how you get rid of them.

btw, groundhogs don't like human scent, you can move them with human hair in their runs...
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