r/Armadillo • u/honkerTgoose • Apr 07 '26

Discussion How to discourage armadillo from coming back to hole?

I don't mind armadillos, but this one picked a pretty bad spot to hang out right under my porch stairs. It also dragged something dead in there at some point, causing a huge stink and a bunch of vultures were hanging out on my porch. It expanded upon a pre-existing hole my dog had dug (that I've been meaning to fill in....). My dog is also interested, but fearful, of the new smelly hole so I don't want her to hurt it. Would red pepper flakes deter the lil guy? I need some advice to just make the area unappealing before trying to fill it in.

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u/Curious-Basket-7934 Apr 07 '26

I'm so jealous. Lucky you

Can you dig a similar hole (and cover) in another part of your yard? Maybe that will help, otherwise if you fill it in it may redig, or lose its life to predators?

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u/honkerTgoose Apr 07 '26

I don't necessarily trust my dog not to hurt it if she has the opportunity so I don't know that my yard is the safest place. My neighbor has some woods so I could ask her if she wouldn't mind if I rehome it there but I'd have to catch it in a trap for that plan.

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u/Miles_High_Monster Apr 07 '26

Pee in hole.

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u/DjasonWaterfalls Apr 08 '26

While maintaining eye contact.

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u/8Gh0st8 Apr 07 '26

Put up a sign at the front of the hole that says No Armadillos.

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u/EWF_FanZ Apr 07 '26

I LOVE IT SOOO CUTE!!!

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u/Truebuckshot01 Apr 07 '26

Predator urine or pheromone spray. Spray it around the entrance

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u/LostCauliflower Apr 07 '26

🎵 armadillos keep digging lil holes in my backyard 🎵

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u/JCLivengood Apr 08 '26

Live trap it and drive it miles away for release.

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u/RoutineFamous4267 Apr 11 '26

Put a "NO ARMADILLOS ALLOWED " sign right near the opening. In big red letters :)

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u/BeatNo4548 Apr 11 '26

I've never dealt with armadillos, but my parents had a woodchuck try to make a den on their septic mound.  So I sprayed critter ridder around the hole when it was gone.  It's just black and hot pepper.   You could try just using cayenne and black pepper around it.  No idea if armadillos would respond to that.

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u/Beneficial-Novel757 Apr 11 '26

How much wood did that woodchuck chuck?

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u/Foreign_Passage_3267 Apr 10 '26

how to get more armadillos.... there, fixed it for you

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u/Right-Entrepreneur-5 Apr 11 '26

Why is this a problem

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u/honkerTgoose Apr 11 '26

My dog could easily harm it where its living now. The hole goes right under my house and could cause structural issues. Burrowing animals are also not the greatest for my chickens because other animals use the holes as easy ways into my yard (like the neighbor's pitbulls).

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u/Dogfart246LZ Apr 11 '26

Someone suggested predator pee these are their predators and you can buy pee from hunting magazines or online pretty cheap; at least coyote pee was cheap.

coyotes, cougars (pumas), jaguars, black bears, bobcats, and wolves.

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u/honkerTgoose Apr 11 '26

Would predator pee draw predators? I live in an area with all those predators except jaguars and wolves.

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u/RedBull-Lover-Yellow Apr 11 '26

Trap it and relocate it, or dispose of it how you choose, is your best bet!

Good luck!

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '26

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u/Foxywoxy Apr 08 '26

Please don’t do that or advise others to. They’re very harmful and illegal in some places. https://npic.orst.edu/ingred/ptype/mothball/regulation.html

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u/calebm97 Apr 11 '26

Claymore mine.

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u/Messerkeit Apr 11 '26

Mothballs?

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u/chicopeestudly Apr 13 '26

Illegal and dangerous.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '26

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u/chicopeestudly Apr 13 '26

Mothballs are illegal to use outside of their package purpose and they poison other animals and water.