I found few armadillos in my backyard.
They have several burrows or hiding spots in the yard - under large rocks,
large tree trunks, etc.
Are they harmful to the yard, house, foundation, etc?
Should I leave them alone, or should I get rid of them?
If I should get rid of them, what is the best way to do it without harming
them?

They are grub specialists and can aerate a yard pretty good by poking holes
with their snouts. Sometimes in looking for grubs they get a little over
zealous and turn over some plants, but my experience with them has never
shown them to be a problem -- only a benefit as they will rid your grass of
grub worms.

Sounds like you have a whole tassel of them!

John wrote:

I found few armadillos in my backyard.
They have several burrows or hiding spots in the yard - under large rocks,
large tree trunks, etc.
Are they harmful to the yard, house, foundation, etc?
Should I leave them alone, or should I get rid of them?
If I should get rid of them, what is the best way to do it without harming
them?

I've had them come through, and for all I know are still under my shed. They
nose around, eat grubs and make some holes here and there. Sometimes they
topple a plant in a quest for grubs.

If you don't see damage, just leave it. If you do see damage, you can live trap
it. I'm always hesitant to do that just in case there are babies somewhere. I
think having them is kinda cool. But I'm in love with wildlife...all of it.
Well, grasshoppers scare the crap out of me, but everything else is okay.


On Sat, 24 May 2003 04:32:03 GMT, "John" wrote:

I found few armadillos in my backyard.
They have several burrows or hiding spots in the yard - under large rocks,
large tree trunks, etc.
Are they harmful to the yard, house, foundation, etc?
Should I leave them alone, or should I get rid of them?
If I should get rid of them, what is the best way to do it without harming
them?

Like others have said, dillos are great at digging for worms. We like having
them around, since we don't use pesticides to kill bad critters.

--
Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

Yes. Similar to the animaux species.

"John" wrote in message
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I found few armadillos in my backyard.
They have several burrows or hiding spots in the yard - under large rocks,
large tree trunks, etc.
Are they harmful to the yard, house, foundation, etc?
Should I leave them alone, or should I get rid of them?
If I should get rid of them, what is the best way to do it without harming
them?

Mark J wrote:
Yes. Similar to the animaux species.

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--
Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

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