Armadillo Egg??

Well, I left it there. Do you suppose it was under the leaves for warmth? Like you'd need warmth here.
Also, this was at our land, not here at home, an hour away.

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I think I would seriously be looking for a new vet. That's just sad.

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I have not had that before. Poppers yes but not wrapped in sausage and smoked. That sounds really good!





I might have been tempted to cut it open. Or I guess just leave it since it was not at your house.

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You know, it didn't look old at all...was't hard like a rock. Maybe I'll find something like 'Nessy' or 'Puff' hatched later...
The pile is onlly a yr old.

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Too bad you can't set up a cam.


Now we are all going to wonder what it was. lol

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The "Nessie Pile" watch cam. LOL

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ok just for fun define a platapus
it lays eggs it, gives milk,it has fur , and the males are venomous ???
proving that God has a sense of humor

Oh, I know! We need a playpus forum!! Wait...

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yeah I too thought it would be the next big homesteading thing . now all I have to show for it is a few purple belted platies and a couple of platyegg omlet recipe's

Along with the Platypus there is another member of the Monotreme family, the Echidnas, that are egg laying mammals.

Mostly here they lay on their backs IN THE ROAD!
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Maybe a burrowing owl...

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What ninny said... any vet that doesn't know armadillo's is a quack...

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Puff would be neat...Nessie or the "something like" would be what would be worrying me lol

The Hansen's Disease Center (for leprosy) was just shut down recently in nearby Carville, about 5 miles from Baton Rouge. It was the last mainland leprosarium in the US, there may be one left in Hawaii. Anyway, one of the above posters mentioned that armadillo babies come from the same egg, so they have been studied a lot. This is true, and they were used in the development of the more recent drug treatments for leprosy, because there are 4 genetically the same armadillos born at one time, which made replications of drug outcomes easier to do and study. I have an armadillo that lives under my house, tears up the yard eating and looking for grubs and roots, and confusing my dog! They seem to be blind (never see the dog), and maybe deaf. Might be why they get runover so often. ldc

Trivia:

The armadillo name comes from Latin (I believe) for armored horse.

They are believe to have entered the U.S. from South America as a roadside tourist attraction in FL. At least one breeding pair escaped during a hurricane and the spread started from there.

Beside mankind armadillos are the only other mammal which can get leoprosy.

When an armadillo gets scared (such as hearing or sensing and approaching vehicle) they curl up into a ball. However, when it passes over they get excited, uncoil and jump up in the air a bit, hitting the vehicle undercarriage. Sort of a design defect in armadillos.

Locally the Wildlife Management folks do an armadillo census based on the number of roadkills.

I believe they are already as far north as KY and likely may go into IN, IL & OH if winters stay short and warm.

Nickname: Possum on the half shell.

Ken, I'm honored that you answered my post.

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Yes, armadillos are born dead beside the road. Decades ago I hit one with a company Chrysler Cordova and I was speeding slightly (about 85mph). Thought I tore the entire under carriage off of the car. Also ran over one with the tire of a Jeep. It was like I had run over a rock. Down here we see cakes in the shape of "dillers" that are grey on the outside and a red cake on the inside. They have a tire track going across their backs. My Antolian Shepherd is death on them.

We had a family bring their 4 and 5 year old kids to pick out bunnies. I have half-barrels under the cages to catch fertilizer to take to the garden. One of the chickens had laid an egg there, under the rabbit cage, and their 4-year old was just certain he could take it home and hatch a bunny of his own!
Kit