Well, I have an armadillo problem. It is tearing up my yard. The only way I can get it to stop is to poison my yard every 5 weeks with Diazanon or something similar. I have tried to trap him and have caught 2 possums and 2 racoons, but NO Armadillo. I have looked for Armadillo poison, but so far, not any luck. Anyone have any experience with these adorable ANNOYING critters? DD
My grandparents had that same problem so I use to sit in the garage all night with a 410. You only have to do that so often.
They're tough to kill. You almost can't drown them. If you took one out to the middle of a moderately large pond or lake, dropped it in the water and then rowed back to the shore, 5 minutes later it would come walking out of the lake on one side. They can't swim, but they can hold their breath forever and they just walk to safety. I always thought that was pretty cool.
I hate the little suckers too. Opossums, however, have to be the worst......creepiest animals on the planet. Either way, those are 2 animals I swerve my truck into whenever possible. A 12 gauge works wonders on armadillos.....they'll pop open like a watermelon. Of course, you probably can't fire a shotgun in your neighborhood. I had an armadillo tearing up my yard about a year ago. Bought some little CB cap .22 shells. Very very quiet. Waited outside for about an hour till the little b*stard finally came. Bye Bye yard vermon!!!!
It's not like we're talking about a hive of African killer bees or something. Try to catch it, scare it off (does it walk along the same areas - put down a "scat mat", or something similiar), etc...no need to kill it, I don't think.
just borrow a terrier for a day. they will want to destroy an armadillo if they see one. I have a cairn terrier and we have an armadillo in our apartment complex. he hates that damn thing. but I think armadillos are rabies carriers so that might not be a good idea.
