How To Get Rid Of Armadillos
The only true way to get rid of armadillos is to trap them in cage traps and remove them from the area. There is no effective repellent or detterent product that you can simply
buy and spray or sprinkle on your property to make armadillos leave. Examples of bogus products include moth balls, coyote urine, and castor oil. Go ahead and buy these things
if you must, but you'll just waste your time. The only real way to get rid of an armadillo for good is to set a trap and capture it in the trap. The animal must then be relocated
at least a few miles from the site of capture, or humanely euthanized, as laws dictate.
BEFORE: Here we see an armadillo digging in a lawn and tearing up everything.
AFTER: Here's the armadillo, trapped in a cage, about to be relocated to a new area.
The only real effective way to get rid of armadillos is to trap and remove them. How is this done? The key is to use the right types of traps and to set them in the correct
fashion. Armadillos dig in the dirt for their food, which consists primarily of earthworms and beetle larvae, or grubs. Thus, there is no bait that you can simply place into
the trap that will encourage them to enter. One trapper in my area swears that cabbage works - give me a break, that has absolutely no scientific basis, and I experimented
extensively with this bait, and found no statistical increase in catches over an unbaited trap. I've heard of tactics such as earthworms in a nylon stocking - that sounds
cumbersome, and it's unneccesary. All you have to do is set the trap in the right area - where the armadillo is going to walk - and do it the right way: flush to the ground,
lined with dirt on the bottom, etc. A good professional trapper will know exactly where the animal travels, and will do it right. There are a million subtle things that go into
this line of work, and I've seen dozens of cases in which homeowners tried to get rid of the armadillo themselves, only to fail because of lousy technique. If they had caught
the animal, they would have not been legally allowed to do anything with it anyway. Your best bet, if you want to get rid of an armadillo, is to call a professional trapper, and
get the job done right.
For more armadillo trapping information, go back to the Orlando armadillo control page.
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