THE NANNEYS VS. THE ARMADILLO

In case you haven't heard, we have an armadillo that comes to our house every night to feed off our landscaping and lawn. I haven't actually seen it, but our neighbors ran into the same problem last year, so we deduced that's what we have. I haven't minded having the armadillo too much since it digs mostly in our landscaping, essentially digging up weeds and tilling the soil. It's made a few holes in our yard, but overall, nothing major. But why wait around for something major, right?!

We did some research, and besides setting a trap, predator urine might be a way to get rid of it. So I called Bass Pro Shop and here's the conversation:

Me: Uh, we have an armadillo tearing up our yard. I heard coyote urine can help. Do you carry that?

BPS: Let me check. People also use fox urine and I think it's running low since many people are having problems with them. Long pause . . . We're out of fox urine, but we have a few cans left of coyote urine.

Me: That's great. How much does the urine cost? Will coyotes flock to my yard now?

BPS: Do you live in the country or something? It's about 9 bucks a can.

Me: No, we live in the metroplex, but in a more wooded area off the beaten path down by the river. Thanks for your help. We'll be there shortly (to buy a can of urine!).

So Ryan, Noah and I headed to Bass Pro Shop to buy us a can of urine. My dad says I've been to the one in Missouri when I was a wee thing, but I don't remember. This is not my area of expertise nor a lifestyle I lead - outdoorsiness. So to me, this was an adventure. I packed up the camera and started documenting our battle.

Ah, wait for me?

Before it all begins.

I just can't believe they have a section called this.

Ryan holding the urine.

It's actually a spray can of urine.

Do we need to buy something now to take the scent off us? Coyotes might start following Ryan to work.

Stay tuned - urine spraying will commence this week (right Ryan?), and I'll be sure to have plenty of pics.