[Annoying] Stupid Armadillos

[Iowatech]

I have a friend in Florida that is having a problem with armadillos digging up her yard. Apparently she's tried to repel them with mothballs and cayenne pepper, but that didn't work.
So does anybody have a more effective suggestion of how to repel them? I already asked about fire, and that appears to be a non starter.

[bsm2]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

They eat bugs grub and worms, put insect killing in the grass or areas but it my take a few weeks

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[fixthecopier]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

From what I remember about living in Texas, cars and roads seem to take a lot of them out. Has your friend considered swapping pavement for grass?

[KenB]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

Nasty little critters.

They are actually carriers of Leprosy, which can be transmitted to humans.

[slimslob]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

I have a friend in Florida that is having a problem with armadillos digging up her yard. Apparently she's tried to repel them with mothballs and cayenne pepper, but that didn't work.
So does anybody have a more effective suggestion of how to repel them? I already asked about fire, and that appears to be a non starter.

I would avoid mothballs unless she really wants a lot of dead cats.
Cayenne pepper can be effective if applied properly and watered into the soil.
With all repellents, commercial and homemade, they need to be reapplied at regular intervals, frequently weekly.

I have also heard that a resident large predatory animal such as a cougar is quite effective. Some stores sell repellents made from their urine that can make pest animals think they are entering the territory of one.

Here is a link to a commercial site that also has some a few recommended home remedies.
How to Get Rid of Armadillos from Your Yard -Yard Gard Animal Repellent

[Lagonda]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

I had a problem with bandicoots digging up lawn looking for grubs, made it look like a WW1 battlefield. One night just to make the neighbours laugh I put up a sign that said "Das Bandicoot is Verboten" and much to my surprise it worked and they moved on somewhere else.

[BLADE]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

I had a problem with bandicoots digging up lawn looking for grubs, made it look like a WW1 battlefield. One night just to make the neighbours laugh I put up a sign that said "Das Bandicoot is Verboten" and much to my surprise it worked and they moved on somewhere else.

they probably thought they were behind enemy lines

[Phil B.]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

I had a problem with bandicoots digging up lawn looking for grubs, made it look like a WW1 battlefield. One night just to make the neighbours laugh I put up a sign that said "Das Bandicoot is Verboten" and much to my surprise it worked and they moved on somewhere else.

so what you are saying is.. the banicoots are smarter than most high schoolers graduating in the USA right now?


i myself would introduce them to some hot lead.. preferably from my Mosin Nagant!

[Lagonda]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

so what you are saying is.. the banicoots are smarter than most high schoolers graduating in the USA right now?


i myself would introduce them to some hot lead.. preferably from my Mosin Nagant!

Mosin Nagant??? how old are you? where you there at the storming of the Winter Palace? Was this rifle last used a 100 years ago to rid Russia of unwanted Royalty? Are you a secret Marxist Leninist? Was it you that squealed on Trotsky?

These questions must be answered Comrade!!

[Phil B.]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

Mosin Nagant??? how old are you? where you there at the storming of the Winter Palace? Was this rifle last used a 100 years ago to rid Russia of unwanted Royalty? Are you a secret Marxist Leninist? Was it you that squealed on Trotsky?

These questions must be answered Comrade!!

yes Russian Infantry Rifle 762x54r
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no
used last week 200yards all rounds within 6" group..iron sights it was made 1943 non-sniper
no Constitutional Conservative
I SAY NOTHING!

[DRichard]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

Nasty little critters.

They are actually carriers of Leprosy, which can be transmitted to humans.

...

[Geo]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

Mosin Nagant??? how old are you? where you there at the storming of the Winter Palace? Was this rifle last used a 100 years ago to rid Russia of unwanted Royalty? Are you a secret Marxist Leninist? Was it you that squealed on Trotsky?

These questions must be answered Comrade!!

Your history is a bit off... The Mosin Nagant was the main infantry rifle of the Soviet forces during WW2...A Sniper version was used by Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko and she is considered the most "successful" female sniper of all time...AND until Obama imposed import restrictions was cheap, readily available and cheap to shoot.

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

Nasty little critters.

They are actually carriers of Leprosy, which can be transmitted to humans.

Close... Scabies mites (similar mosquitoes) can be the carriers of many a chronic disease.
Feed scabies mites on biological contaminates and you have an undetectable ready to release weapon.

It was said that rats carried the first cases of bubonic plague. I believe it was the hidden undetectable scabies
mites living on the rats that were passed from person to person. The bacteria (nephrotoxin?) the mites create under the skin cause
cellulitis and other prolonged renal effects. Nasty, thats why its known as "the seven year itch...."

[Iowatech]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

Close... Scabies mites (similar mosquitoes) can be the carriers of many a chronic disease.
Feed scabies mites on biological contaminates and you have an undetectable ready to release weapon.

It was said that rats carried the first cases of bubonic plague. I believe it was the hidden undetectable scabies
mites living on the rats that were passed from person to person. The bacteria (nephrotoxin?) the mites create under the skin cause
cellulitis and other prolonged renal effects. Nasty, thats why its known as "the seven year itch...."

Honest question, does the environment support that? Some of those things don't do well otherwise.
From a guy that lives where snow and sub freezing temps are expected yearly.

[slimslob]

Re: Stupid Armadillos

It was said that rats carried the first cases of bubonic plague. I believe it was the hidden undetectable scabies
mites living on the rats that were passed from person to person.

Many rodents, including rats and squirrels can be carriers for bubonic. Fleas are the vectors.

The bacteria (nephrotoxin?) the mites create under the skin cause
cellulitis and other prolonged renal effects. Nasty, thats why its known as "the seven year itch...."

Scabies in domestic pets and farm animals is also called mange but is a different variety than what infests humans as it is unable breed under human skin. See MedMD.

Honest question, does the environment support that? Some of those things don't do well otherwise.
From a guy that lives where snow and sub freezing temps are expected yearly.

Flea populations out doors are effected by the environment. They don't thrive well in cold temperatures.