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re: Armadillo eating up our gardens
Posted on 8/19/23 at 10:43 am to Safety Blitz
Posted on 8/19/23 at 10:43 am to Safety Blitz
Had one destroying our flower beds late last summer, apparently the grubs were thriving there because we watered it often.
Tried cayenne pepper, crushed red pepper, garlic, moth balls, none of it phased the dillo. Got a wire live trap off Amazon for about $40, put it out and he’d dig all around it but wouldn’t go in, tried worms, food scraps, spoiling vegetables, he’d ignore it all. Finally used 2” x 6”’s and pieces of plywood and built a funnel area, used rebar stakes to hold it up. Took a couple of weeks but he finally funneled into it, finished him with my 10-22.
Tried cayenne pepper, crushed red pepper, garlic, moth balls, none of it phased the dillo. Got a wire live trap off Amazon for about $40, put it out and he’d dig all around it but wouldn’t go in, tried worms, food scraps, spoiling vegetables, he’d ignore it all. Finally used 2” x 6”’s and pieces of plywood and built a funnel area, used rebar stakes to hold it up. Took a couple of weeks but he finally funneled into it, finished him with my 10-22.
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Posted on 8/19/23 at 11:23 am to HighlyFavoredTiger
The Mississippi Armadillo trap works well if it’s scented by a previously caught ‘dillo.
My neighbor has one similar,someone built it for him.To catch the first one he had to make a funnel with boards to get one in.
After that the scent would attract them without putting up boards.
He has caught quite a few.
I recently replaced the bottom for him with 3/4” in plywood as his previous catches had scratched holes in it trying to get out.
Wire cage traps don’t work well,they can tear one up trying to get out.
My neighbor has one similar,someone built it for him.To catch the first one he had to make a funnel with boards to get one in.
After that the scent would attract them without putting up boards.
He has caught quite a few.
I recently replaced the bottom for him with 3/4” in plywood as his previous catches had scratched holes in it trying to get out.
Wire cage traps don’t work well,they can tear one up trying to get out.
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