Armadillos hibernate?

[ceresone]

We're on lower Mo. not 60 miles from Ark. Since I cant convince the Southerners to come collect their blasted pets, I'm wanting to know if the will hibernate in this area?
South would have won the War, If they had exported these critters to the North, North would've been too busy fighting them to invade the South!!

[glenn amolenaar]

I was told they hibernate. I'm S.E. of Joplin about 45 miles from ARK. It seems like they are always the in hay fields unless it gets real cold, and I think then they are hiding in a rock pile till you go past them, then they come out and dig some more. I would rather have the snakes than armadillo. Glenn

[Scrounger]

They've invaded as far north as southern Nebraska. Seen them around a few times, but (thankfully) it's a rare occurance.

[CGUARDSMAN]

i know that i have seen them in dec. so they don't hibernate for long...or long enough!

Originally Posted by ceresone

We're on lower Mo. not 60 miles from Ark. Since I cant convince the Southerners to come collect their blasted pets, I'm wanting to know if the will hibernate in this area?

You quit sending your retirees down here and we'll quit sending armadillos up there!

And if that don't work we're working on cold-resistant fire ants...

.....Alan {laughing}

[ceresone]

Lo;. Alan, guess you'll have to do like I'm doing--start shootong.
Fire ants? we just pour gas in the hole--and light it--Bubba says that'll blow 'em back--

[Calfkeeper]

According to any information I can find on the internet they don't hibernate:

http://wildlife.state.co.us/Wildlife...dArmadillo.htm

Armadillos do not hibernate, but spend cold, stormy weather deep under ground.

But we think they might simply because they seem to be here (SW MO) in winter too. Maybe that is a sign of global warming. Ha.

CK

[ceresone]

Seriously, I thunk it is a sign of climate change. But I do know they're ruining my raised beds, how can I get leaves, etc to stay in place with these doggone hogs rooting everywhere?

[pancho]

Armadillos do not hibernate. Their food supply goes down during winter. Where winter is more severe they cannot live. Where winters are mild they will live.

[Micahn]

Here is South Florida I see them year round. Got one that digs right out side our door at least 1 time a week. It stays damp there and it finds lots to eat.

[CIW]

I was under the impression that Armidillos migrate slightly South to a food supply to sustain them through the winter months then move back toward the Northern part of their range as the weather warms.

[nehimama]

Originally Posted by ceresone

Seriously, I thunk it is a sign of climate change. But I do know they're ruining my raised beds, how can I get leaves, etc to stay in place with these doggone hogs rooting everywhere?

I had to do a TON of work on my garden to keep the armadilloes out! First off, the raised beds are inside an unused corral. Originally, this was to keep the goats out of the garden. Then I lined the corral panels with fencing. This kept critters smaller than the goats out, BUT the armadilloes still kept getting in. Finally, I lined the bottom half of the entire enclosure with chicken wire. That was a lot of work, but it did the trick. From time to time, I have to spot check, and make sure the chicken wire is kept close to the ground with tent stakes or landscaper's staples. Sometimes there's a spot they dig under, and I have to install some of the famous Missouri ROCKS.

A pair of JRTs, who absolutely HATE armadilloes, constitutes another line of defense agains the critters. Once THEY round one up for me, it's rifle time.

I HATE the way they try to murder the tomato plants and the rest of the garden!

Hope you come up with a solution that works for you.

NeHi

[Country Lady]

Our outside dogs help keep them chased away.

[pancho]

When I was a young kid growing up in SE Okla. there wasn't any armadillos. Early one morning when I was walking to the back of our pasture to feed the hogs I saw something cross the trail in front of me. The dogs finally caught and killed it and still I didn't know what it was. I took it home and we took it to the local grocery store/post office to see if anyone knew what it was. It stayed there for nearly a week before a salesman passing through told everyone what it was.
Now it is hard to drive a mile down the highway without seeing one.

[CGUARDSMAN]

I went to KCMO the weekend before last and saw them in the road clear up there...dang things just keep moving north!

[Grandmotherbear]

...taste like chicken...

[zant]

The only thing stupider than an armadillo is a moose....We have them year round,my dogs keep them away from the yard,but for some reason they are the only living thing my horses allow in their pasture(well,except us).I have watched horse stand there and stare at one for an hour before moving on.

[pancho]

Originally Posted by Grandmotherbear

...taste like chicken...

It reminds me a lot of a chicken thigh. My favorite part of the chicken.

[gran26]

You see them out all winter here in Central Arkansas. They may not stay out of their hidey holes as long but they do come out to dig and eat; ie dig holes everywhere.

[GoddessKristie]

Ha ha! I think armadillos are funny! Of course I've never met one in real life. Wonder what they're really like..