Comments on: Outwit and Outlast the Troublesome Armadillo http://www.northescambia.com/2010/06/outwit-and-outlast-the-troublesome-armadillo Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:45:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan Hendrix http://www.northescambia.com/2010/06/outwit-and-outlast-the-troublesome-armadillo/comment-page-1#comment-327994 Dan Hendrix Wed, 24 Aug 2016 04:26:45 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=17064#comment-327994 Believe it or not. I just witnessed an armadillo climbing a tree to get su-it, a fatty bird feed mix. This thing has been tearing the feeder apart. We thought it was a raccoon, not so. Believe it or not. I just witnessed an armadillo climbing a tree to get su-it, a fatty bird feed mix. This thing has been tearing the feeder apart. We thought it was a raccoon, not so.

]]> By: dt http://www.northescambia.com/2010/06/outwit-and-outlast-the-troublesome-armadillo/comment-page-1#comment-320677 dt Thu, 21 Apr 2016 12:42:57 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=17064#comment-320677 omgoodness, i have one that has made a home under my patio, calling around for prices on trapping and removal. So far I have 2 prices $289.00 and $389.00. Time to have my son come over with his gun lol j/k Still calling around :-( omgoodness, i have one that has made a home under my patio, calling around for prices on trapping and removal. So far I have 2 prices $289.00 and $389.00. Time to have my son come over with his gun lol j/k Still calling around :-(

]]> By: S.L.B http://www.northescambia.com/2010/06/outwit-and-outlast-the-troublesome-armadillo/comment-page-1#comment-44522 S.L.B Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:00:20 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=17064#comment-44522 Shotgun usually works best for us! One night we started after one and found it was foaming at the mouth and acting plum crazy. My husband shot it several times and nothing seemed to phase it. It acted as if it had rabies. At one point it started running after us and we both went up a fence. I'm guessing they can get rabies like any other wild animal? It's nice if you can kill it in your yard and carry it away to rought, but when they run out in the woods and die, the stink is horrible for at least a week or so. Shotgun usually works best for us!

One night we started after one and found it was foaming at the mouth and acting plum crazy. My husband shot it several times and nothing seemed to phase it.
It acted as if it had rabies. At one point it started running after us and we both went up a fence. I’m guessing they can get rabies like any other wild animal?

It’s nice if you can kill it in your yard and carry it away to rought, but when they run out in the woods and die, the stink is horrible for at least a week or so.

]]> By: whitepunknotondope http://www.northescambia.com/2010/06/outwit-and-outlast-the-troublesome-armadillo/comment-page-1#comment-44406 whitepunknotondope Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:56:33 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=17064#comment-44406 Hitting them with a car seems to work pretty well. Hitting them with a car seems to work pretty well.

]]> By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2010/06/outwit-and-outlast-the-troublesome-armadillo/comment-page-1#comment-44319 David Huie Green Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:08:10 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=17064#comment-44319 Leprosy doesn't actually cause your skin to rot off. It deadens the nerves and people damage their skins by not feeling pain. About 95% of the population is immune to leprosy so that is not the danger it sounds like, also it's hard to catch even if you come in contact with it, generally you need an open wound along with close contact. And while some Louisiana armadillos are infected, I think that was due to close contact with people in a Leper Collony. Even if you do catch it, it can be cured with antibiotics. Which leads to: Armadillos are tasty but hard to skin. Their pelts make pitiful fur coats (not warm and way too noisy). If the ants they eat include fire ants, I need some more around my place. (I had already about decided I needed more because they missed a spot turning my yard upside down.) Life is good Leprosy doesn’t actually cause your skin to rot off. It deadens the nerves and people damage their skins by not feeling pain.

About 95% of the population is immune to leprosy so that is not the danger it sounds like, also it’s hard to catch even if you come in contact with it, generally you need an open wound along with close contact.

And while some Louisiana armadillos are infected, I think that was due to close contact with people in a Leper Collony.

Even if you do catch it, it can be cured with antibiotics.

Which leads to: Armadillos are tasty but hard to skin.

Their pelts make pitiful fur coats (not warm and way too noisy).

If the ants they eat include fire ants, I need some more around my place. (I had already about decided I needed more because they missed a spot turning my yard upside down.)

Life is good

]]> By: JohnMolino http://www.northescambia.com/2010/06/outwit-and-outlast-the-troublesome-armadillo/comment-page-1#comment-44311 JohnMolino Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:57:38 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=17064#comment-44311 First thing you do is: Get a Big Dog. Let the Big dog out in the Yard. Problem solved. 2nd thing you can do, if you don't have a big dog, is mimic the little mongrels movements. Think like an Armadillo. Be an Armadillo. Dress up in shimmering armor and run around your property waving your arms about real crazy like. Helps if you have a couple cocktails.Make lots of Armadillo noises.Jump up and down and roll around like a real Armadillo. Armadillos don't climb trees, so don't make that rookie mistake of climbing trees or climbing on your next door neighbors roof. Don't be shy. Armadillos know when someone is just acting like them. Armadillos are keen to this charade. You don't want a group of Armadillos laughing at you,do you? No. Of course not. That would be silly. To pull this off you must act exactly like an Armadillo. Make sure you get your neighbors like me involved. Before dressing up and acting like an Armadillo, Make a phone call to me. I want to take pictures. I would NEVER post them on the web. Who me? Never! Good luck. I'm here for you all. It's a calling I have been burdened with. First thing you do is:

Get a Big Dog.
Let the Big dog out in the Yard.

Problem solved.

2nd thing you can do, if you don’t have a big dog, is mimic the little mongrels movements.
Think like an Armadillo.
Be an Armadillo.
Dress up in shimmering armor and run around your property waving your arms about real crazy like. Helps if you have a couple cocktails.Make lots of Armadillo noises.Jump up and down and roll around like a real Armadillo. Armadillos don’t climb trees, so don’t make that rookie mistake of climbing trees or climbing on your next door neighbors roof. Don’t be shy. Armadillos know when someone is just acting like them. Armadillos are keen to this charade. You don’t want a group of Armadillos laughing at you,do you? No. Of course not. That would be silly. To pull this off you must act exactly like an Armadillo.
Make sure you get your neighbors like me involved. Before dressing up and acting like an Armadillo, Make a phone call to me. I want to take pictures. I would NEVER post them on the web. Who me? Never!

Good luck.
I’m here for you all. It’s a calling I have been burdened with.

]]> By: Janice Parker http://www.northescambia.com/2010/06/outwit-and-outlast-the-troublesome-armadillo/comment-page-1#comment-44252 Janice Parker Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:47:28 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=17064#comment-44252 If you find their burrow, you can dash about a half cup of gasoline down the hole and push the dirt in the hole and forget about them. If you find their burrow, you can dash about a half cup of gasoline down the hole and push the dirt in the hole and forget about them.

]]> By: interested reader http://www.northescambia.com/2010/06/outwit-and-outlast-the-troublesome-armadillo/comment-page-1#comment-44238 interested reader Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:43:57 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=17064#comment-44238 We live in a very wooded area and this pest invades our yard all the time. Try walking your dog at night where they have been. We have done all the things we can think to get rid of them. I guess you could say ,since we still have them- caulk up one for the armadillos. We live in a very wooded area and this pest invades our yard all the time. Try walking your dog at night where they have been. We have done all the things we can think to get rid of them. I guess you could say ,since we still have them- caulk up one for the armadillos.

]]> By: also wondering http://www.northescambia.com/2010/06/outwit-and-outlast-the-troublesome-armadillo/comment-page-1#comment-44109 also wondering Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:40:54 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=17064#comment-44109 My husband and I did shoot them until a few years back when we found where they had dug into and destroyed a ground wasp nest, there were about 5 pieces of nest, some chunks of the nest were about 8 inches long x 10 inches wide and about 1 inch thick. I had never seen this before and my husband is very allergic to the wasp bite so we decided then if they want to dig and eat, then let them be. If my husband would have stepped into this nest on his walk with the dog, he would be dead. So if the armadillo can destory a nest and my husband not get biten I like them even better, I don't even play the game of running over them in my truck anymore, we leave them alone now. My husband and I did shoot them until a few years back when we found where they had dug into and destroyed a ground wasp nest, there were about 5 pieces of nest, some chunks of the nest were about 8 inches long x 10 inches wide and about 1 inch thick. I had never seen this before and my husband is very allergic to the wasp bite so we decided then if they want to dig and eat, then let them be. If my husband would have stepped into this nest on his walk with the dog, he would be dead. So if the armadillo can destory a nest and my husband not get biten I like them even better, I don’t even play the game of running over them in my truck anymore, we leave them alone now.

]]> By: EMD http://www.northescambia.com/2010/06/outwit-and-outlast-the-troublesome-armadillo/comment-page-1#comment-44103 EMD Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:16:08 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=17064#comment-44103 That disease is Leprosy, or more accurately..........Hansen's Disease. That disease is Leprosy, or more accurately……….Hansen’s Disease.

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