I Need a Plan "B"

"Lucy's Mom" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:04:38 -0600, "MaryL"
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"Alison" wrote in message
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Because "Plan A" was a miserable failure.

Armadillos aren't a new thing around here, we have them pretty often.
But I now have a young one that is completely destroying the yard. DH
is plenty upset but respects my "live and let live" attitude toward
wildlife and doesn't even mention killing it. But he did say it has to
go. I've been chasing it out of the yard, thinking it will "learn" to
stay outside the fence. First lesson was, "armadillos don't learn."
Sherry.

How exciting to have wild armadillo in your yard! I wish I had one. I
thought they were native to South America?
Alison



Sold! You can have mine. In fact, I'll pay you to take them.

MaryL

Mine too! Speaking of South America, I believe there is a variety of
'dillo there the size of a small VW!!! Exciting is not "quite" the
word I would use, though!!

OMG!You'd just have to bloody well hope it didn't jump when you were near
it!!

On 26 Mar 2006 21:51:58 -0800, wrote:

Because "Plan A" was a miserable failure.

Armadillos aren't a new thing around here, we have them pretty often.
But I now have a young one that is completely destroying the yard. DH
is plenty upset but respects my "live and let live" attitude toward
wildlife and doesn't even mention killing it. But he did say it has to
go. I've been chasing it out of the yard, thinking it will "learn" to
stay outside the fence. First lesson was, "armadillos don't learn."

My next plan was to catch it and "relocate" it about 1/2 mile down by
the pond and hope it doesn't come back. My plan involved DH's beekeeper
shoulder-length gloves, a fishing net and a cardboard box.

I don't know if anyone but me has ever been stupid enough to try to
catch an armadillo, but man-o-mister, the poor thing completely freaked
out and so did I. Armadillos apparently can jump flat-footed five feet
in the air. I was NOT expecting that and it scared the bejeesus out of
me.

Now I'm just going to hope the ordeal scared the poor thing enough that
he will not only stay away, but tell all his friends and family about
the crazy woman with the net. Gad. I really hope it doesn't come back.

Sherry
Two words, Sherry.....LAND MINES!!!

Seriously, I've been fighting them for a year, now. We moved into our
new house in the summer and instead of trying to keep new plants in
the yard alive through a Texas summer, elected to just prepare the
beds and wait until the next spring to plant. Preparing the beds
involved adding compost, dried molasses and all the good stuff,
rototilling it in and letting it cook all winter. I was most pleased
to see worms, etc while planting last spring. Unfortunately, what we
had done was create a fantastic smorgasbord for the b*s*a%rds!! I'll
spare you the gory details but it wasn't pretty what they did to my
lovingly planted flower beds!!!

I finally outsmarted them by putting in decorative 18" high fencing
around all my beds. (I'm lucky...all my beds are bordered by concrete
so they can't dig under the fence...or at least haven't
yet....gulp...). The yard is another matter still. We're still
finding holes. The county agent told us there was nothing that would
deter them (I believe the phrase "God's dumbest creature" was
mentioned). She said a dog would work but trapping was difficult.
So about all I can do is commiserate at this point...Let us know if
anything works.....

--Kim

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:49:18 -0500, "Howard C. Berkowitz"
wrote:

I confess the name always gives me a flash image of a steel-plated
pickle.

I have to admit that they are shaped rather like a steel-plated
pickle!

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PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

On 2006-03-26 23:51:58 -0600, said:


I don't know if anyone but me has ever been stupid enough to try to
catch an armadillo, but man-o-mister, the poor thing completely freaked
out and so did I. Armadillos apparently can jump flat-footed five feet
in the air. I was NOT expecting that and it scared the bejeesus out of
me.


I'm sorry but........ROTFLMAO!!!!! (wipes tears from eyes). Oh man, I
know it wasn't funny to you, but man that made ME laugh.

wrote:
Because "Plan A" was a miserable failure.

Armadillos aren't a new thing around here, we have them pretty often.
But I now have a young one that is completely destroying the yard. DH
is plenty upset but respects my "live and let live" attitude toward
wildlife and doesn't even mention killing it. But he did say it has to
go. I've been chasing it out of the yard, thinking it will "learn" to
stay outside the fence. First lesson was, "armadillos don't learn."

My next plan was to catch it and "relocate" it about 1/2 mile down by
the pond and hope it doesn't come back. My plan involved DH's beekeeper
shoulder-length gloves, a fishing net and a cardboard box.

I don't know if anyone but me has ever been stupid enough to try to
catch an armadillo, but man-o-mister, the poor thing completely freaked
out and so did I. Armadillos apparently can jump flat-footed five feet
in the air. I was NOT expecting that and it scared the bejeesus out of
me.

Now I'm just going to hope the ordeal scared the poor thing enough that
he will not only stay away, but tell all his friends and family about
the crazy woman with the net. Gad. I really hope it doesn't come back.

Sherry

YEOW! I didn't know that either. Please be careful and don't get
yourself hurt!

--
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

On 2006-03-27 21:28:00 -0600, Lucy's Mom said:

On 26 Mar 2006 21:51:58 -0800, wrote:

Because "Plan A" was a miserable failure.

Armadillos aren't a new thing around here, we have them pretty often.
But I now have a young one that is completely destroying the yard. DH
is plenty upset but respects my "live and let live" attitude toward
wildlife and doesn't even mention killing it. But he did say it has to
go. I've been chasing it out of the yard, thinking it will "learn" to
stay outside the fence. First lesson was, "armadillos don't learn."

My next plan was to catch it and "relocate" it about 1/2 mile down by
the pond and hope it doesn't come back. My plan involved DH's beekeeper
shoulder-length gloves, a fishing net and a cardboard box.

I don't know if anyone but me has ever been stupid enough to try to
catch an armadillo, but man-o-mister, the poor thing completely freaked
out and so did I. Armadillos apparently can jump flat-footed five feet
in the air. I was NOT expecting that and it scared the bejeesus out of
me.

Now I'm just going to hope the ordeal scared the poor thing enough that
he will not only stay away, but tell all his friends and family about
the crazy woman with the net. Gad. I really hope it doesn't come back.

Sherry
Two words, Sherry.....LAND MINES!!!

Seriously, I've been fighting them for a year, now. We moved into our
new house in the summer and instead of trying to keep new plants in
the yard alive through a Texas summer, elected to just prepare the
beds and wait until the next spring to plant. Preparing the beds
involved adding compost, dried molasses and all the good stuff,
rototilling it in and letting it cook all winter. I was most pleased
to see worms, etc while planting last spring. Unfortunately, what we
had done was create a fantastic smorgasbord for the b*s*a%rds!! I'll
spare you the gory details but it wasn't pretty what they did to my
lovingly planted flower beds!!!
I finally outsmarted them by putting in decorative 18" high fencing
around all my beds. (I'm lucky...all my beds are bordered by concrete
so they can't dig under the fence...or at least haven't
yet....gulp...). The yard is another matter still. We're still
finding holes. The county agent told us there was nothing that would
deter them (I believe the phrase "God's dumbest creature" was
mentioned). She said a dog would work but trapping was difficult.
So about all I can do is commiserate at this point...Let us know if
anything works.....

--Kim

I think Rod out Back on the pictures group said it best about the
cackle sisters: two neurons fighting over which one is in charge of
breathing.

Christine Burel wrote:

I hope it works for you, Sherry! Never had any experiences with armadillos
and I must say this story fascinated me!

I've never even SEEN one! I know you find them in the
American Southwest, but evidently Southern California - at
least greater L.A. - is too urban for them. Coons, possums
and the occasional coyote we get, but I've not heard of
armadillos in the city.


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Pat wrote:

"Chakolate" wrote


I have absolutely no experience of armadilloes, but I googled 'how to
catch an armadillo' (without the quote marks) and came up with a slew of
hits. Apparently, if you know what you're doing, it's easy. At least
according to a couple of those sites. One suggested the bait should be a
ball of earthworms hung up in a stocking, placed in a raccoon trap.


That would be a mistake. Read this page:

http://www.247wildlife.com/armadillotrap.htm

Here's a quote:

" the armadillo will not enter a trap for any kind of food. Don't listen to
lame advice on baits - rotting bananas, cabbage, nylon stockings filled with
earthworms, these are all completely ineffective. As usual, if you don't
believe me, give them a try and see how they fail. In fact, if you do bait
the trap, you're likely to lure in a non-target animal such as an opossum or
a raccoon. No bait is ever necessary for trapping armadillos. All you have
to do is force the animal to walk into the trap."

Another alternative, Sherry, if you can stomach it, is to shoot them. I've
heard from the local folks that they are delicious.

Well, people eat iguanas, too - at least armadillos are warm
blooded. (But, as I've often said, if I had to butcher my
own meat, I'd become an instant vegetarian!)




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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:53:19 -0800, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:



Christine Burel wrote:

I hope it works for you, Sherry! Never had any experiences with armadillos
and I must say this story fascinated me!

I've never even SEEN one! I know you find them in the
American Southwest, but evidently Southern California - at
least greater L.A. - is too urban for them. Coons, possums
and the occasional coyote we get, but I've not heard of
armadillos in the city.

A few armadillos have made it to Nashville, Tennessee, well outside
their historic range. Last summer I saw a couple of dead armadillos
on the Interstate highway (near a railroad yard, so it is possible
that they might have come into town aboard a freight train), and a
friend who lives in the western outskirts of the city tells me that
she has seen them rummaging through her garbage.

--
John F. Eldredge --
PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:49:18 -0500, "Howard C. Berkowitz"
yodeled:

I confess the name always gives me a flash image of a steel-plated
pickle.

LOL! with four legs of course.

Reminds me of how when I was a little kid, I used to visualize the
great jazz singer, Elephant Gerald.


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