Is your yard filled will an armadillo’s favorite food? Ants, termites, and many other bugs like beetles and grubs are what these little creatures love most. The armadillo prefers some form of a shield when they tunnel. Perhaps you have a large hole in your fence, and your neighbors have a dog.
The following are some of the methods you can use to keep Armadillos out of your yard: Buy a fence. Establish small exits at the burrows. Make your yard inhospitable for the Armadillo. Remove organisms in your soil that attract the Armadillo. Use of Mothballs. Trapping the Armadillos.
One of the most effective ways that you can use to keep the armadillos from digging in your yard or garden is by sprinkling cayenne pepper around your home. The critters are often irritated by the smell of cayenne pepper. As soon as an armadillo sniffs the stuff, it will get out of your garden or yard.
How to deter armadillos?
Use an effective castor oil-based repellent to drive armadillos out and to prevent them from digging for food on your property. Castor oil is an all-natural oil that penetrates the ground, and repels armadillos in two ways: spoils the food sources (insects, grubs, etc.) underground, making them unpleasant to eat.
This is what my research found. Yes, the armadillo can move along fairly quickly, in a hopping fashion, if need be. Armadillos will not bite people, or anything really. They have teensy tiny mouths with small pegs for teeth. Most people seem interested in the fact that armadillos can carry the human form of leprosy.
Why do armadillos have weird noses?
Rather, the males develop noses that kind of look like elephants’ trunks. They inflate their noses in order to scare other males away — to mate, they have to fight for dominance.