Armadillo Burrowing Under A/C Condensor Unit

[HogHunter34]

Anyone else have this issue? I backfilled with dirt & even placed fairly large rocks bordering the pad & the little sucker still nosed through the rocks & is starting to dig under pad again. Always along the pad edge closest to edge of house. I may have to stake out & snipe this dude

[okrattler]

My buddy had one digging in his yard so I went over this evening and got it. If you can find where it's burrowing down and staying all you gotta do is grab it by the tail and drag it out.

[HogHunter34]

My buddy had one digging in his yard so I went over this evening and got it. If you can find where it's burrowing down and staying all you gotta do is grab it by the tail and drag it out.

That dude is burrowing just under capacitor location. My luck I’ll grab it & he will damage something.

[N.DaWoods]

they're pretty easy to catch in a live trap. Just create a path with logs leading to the trap and funnel them to it. Or find a spot they go under fence just put trap there. If it were me, I'd get video camera, flashlight, and bow...then post it in the video section

[okrattler]

That dude is burrowing just under capacitor location. My luck I’ll grab it & he will damage something.

If you know it's in there for sure could you possibly get a gun barrel in there up against it and shoot it? Then all you'd have to do is cover up the hole. The one I found today wasn't burrowed in very far. The hole was shallow enough that once I got some grass and weeds out of the hole I could see it.

[tradtiger]

Not sure if you have access to a dog, and can let it have free rein.

Here's a true story. Long ago, we lived in the country and kept bird dogs in a pen out back. Well, an older dog died, and we decided to just let a young pointer run loose. About that time armadillos had been digging around under the house foundation.

Thing to know is: that mild-mannered, young pointer killed three armadillos in the first week she was running free.

[RattlesnakeDan]

The funnel method. Just use boards or what you have to funnel it into a live trap, they aren't too smart.

[BTLowry]

Kill it by whatever means necessary

[Smokeater]

The funnel method. Just use boards or what you have to funnel it into a live trap, they aren't too smart.

Works like a charm!

[White Falcon]

I have trapped to many to count with the funnel.

[dustoffer]

Best solution---Go to Auto Zone, etc and buy a package of road flares. Light one, stick it as far into the hole as you can reach, backfill, done. Flare burns up all the oxygen, armadillo goes to sleep, and is already buried.

A more risky alternative is to get a length of hose and a funnel, some bleach and some ammonia. Pour a cup of bleach into the hole thru the hose, then pour a cup of ammonia in. Remove the funnel and put your thumb on the hose. Take a deep breath, and blow into the hose---DO NOT INHALE! Backfill. The fumes from the combo are toxic and will kill the critterl

Put my trap out a week ago, have caught 3 so far.