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armadillo repellent

14 years ago

Has anyone used the Liquid Fence Armadillo repellent? It has castor oil in it. I haven't found it in a store yet. Horrendous problem this year! I have a wire cage set up with the boards to "guide" them in but it hasn't worked.

Comments (6)

  • 14 years ago

    No but I did find another repellent at Lowe's that listed armadillos. Sorry I can't remember the name of it but I used it all and threw the container away. Not sure if it worked on the one armadillo I've seen here but it hasn't been back.

    Sandy

  • 14 years ago

    Years ago we had two years of drought and I had an armadillo problem. I did manage to catch one in a trap and then discovered I had to dump it out on the dirt road to dig up some other person's garden. Have you thought about what to do when you do catch one? I used sheets of plywood and herded it in to a big plastic trash can which I tipped over and slid plywood under at 2 am. There was a lot of jumping around. If I had a video of it I would have been on the funny video show. After that experience I borrowed a shot gun but what cured the problem was rain. When it is dry, your watered garden with loose soil attracts them.

  • 14 years ago

    a drop of lead will take care of that problem!
    william

  • 14 years ago

    Just got an idea! I'm putting dishes of ammonia by each plant. I have lots of dishes. Won't be pretty but it is at night after all. Last ditch effort before a sleepless night of waiting to ambush it.

  • 14 years ago

    Let us know if it works Mary. I'm almost afraid to say so but I've never had armidillo damage that I know of. I've heard they can be very destructive. It seems like I don't see as many hit on the road as I did a few years ago so perhaps their numbers have gone down around my area a little. I have plenty of moles that like digging in my watered gardens. I have a few seedlings to fix every morning so that their roots don't dry out from being moved to the side of a mole hill.

    Helen - I wish we could've seen that. lol You're a very brave lady.

  • 14 years ago

    Christie I am a very fearful and cautious lady. Nothing gets me stirred up more than hostas dug up and lying in the sun a few hours. The shotgun shooting was funnier than the trapping. Try holding a shotgun and a flashlight at the same time and shooting while closing your eyes because of the big bang and jolt from the gun at 1 or 2 am which is when the armadillos come.

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