Armadillo Removal Kissimmee FL | Stop Burrows & Digging

You walk outside in the morning and your lawn looks like someone attacked it with a garden tool. Small holes everywhere, sod flipped over, a fresh mound by the driveway. That’s almost always an armadillo. We offer armadillo removal in Kissimmee, FL for homeowners who are tired of replacing grass.

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Nine-banded armadillos are common across Osceola County. They aren’t protected, they work mostly at night and they’re very good at digging. The lawn damage is annoying. The burrows under your slab, sidewalk or pool deck are the real concern. Our crew is based in town and can get out to look at it fast.

Armadillo Removal Kissimmee FL Yards Actually Need

Armadillos aren’t eating your grass. They’re hunting grubs, worms and insects in the soil. Lawns that stay damp from irrigation or sit near water have plenty of that food, which is why the same yards get hit again and again.

Repellents and home remedies rarely solve it. Once an armadillo has a burrow nearby and a food source in your yard, it has no reason to leave. Trapping the animal and closing the burrow is the fix that holds up.

Burrows Under Slabs, Driveways and Pool Decks

Armadillos like to dig where something solid sits overhead. That means the edge of your slab, under a sidewalk, under a driveway or below a pool deck. The burrow entrance is usually a round hole with loose dirt fanned out in front of it.

Over time, digging can pull soil out from under concrete. Pool decks at the vacation-rental homes on the US-192 corridor and patios in newer subdivisions are common spots. If you see a hole tucked against concrete, don’t fill it in until you know the armadillo is out.

Where Armadillo Damage Shows Up in Kissimmee

Armadillos favor soft, loose soil and the green edges where yards meet woods or water. Lots that back up to retention ponds, the grassy banks near Shingle Creek and Reedy Creek, and homes along Osceola Parkway with wide lawns all fit that description.

Hunters Creek on the north edge of town and the subdivisions around Remington have big irrigated lawns that stay soft. Older lots near Downtown Kissimmee have mature landscaping and mulch beds that armadillos root through. Nobody’s yard is off the list.

How We Trap and Remove Armadillos

Armadillos don’t take bait the way other animals do, so placement is everything.

Inspection. We walk the yard, find active burrows and look at travel paths along fences, walls and landscape edges.
Trap placement. Armadillos tend to follow edges, so traps go along those routes, often with boards that guide the animal in.
Regular checks. Traps are checked so no animal sits in one for long.
Proper handling. Captured armadillos are handled within 24 hours under FWC rules.
Burrow closure. Once the animal is out, we close and fill the burrow so another one doesn’t move in.

Keep Armadillos From Coming Back

Removing one armadillo opens up the territory for the next. Prevention keeps that from happening. Along a fence line, a buried barrier stops them from digging underneath. Around a slab, shed or deck, sealing the gap at the base keeps them from setting up a den. Our wildlife exclusion services cover this kind of work.

Cutting back on overwatering can also make the soil less appealing to dig in. That’s your call, based on how your grass handles it in the summer heat.

Rental Homes and Commercial Lots

Rental owners along US-192 often don’t see the damage until a cleaning crew or a guest reports holes in the yard or a sunken paver by the pool. Commercial properties with wide grass strips along Osceola Parkway and John Young Parkway get hit too.

We work with residential and commercial properties, so we can handle a single backyard or a larger lot. If you manage several homes in Kissimmee, an inspection of each one shows which have active burrows and which just have old holes.

Is It an Armadillo or Something Else?

Raccoons will also tear up sod while hunting for grubs, and the damage can look similar at first. Armadillo holes tend to be small, cone-shaped pokes spread across the lawn. Raccoons are more likely to roll back whole strips of sod.

If you’re not sure, we’ll tell you during the inspection. Check our raccoon removal page if it turns out to be the other culprit, or the main Kissimmee wildlife removal page for everything else we handle.

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Armadillo Removal Questions from Kissimmee Homeowners

Why do armadillos keep tearing up my Kissimmee lawn every night?

Your lawn has food. Armadillos dig for grubs, worms and insects, and irrigated yards near ponds and creeks hold a lot of them. They’re mostly nocturnal, so the damage shows up overnight. As long as an armadillo has a burrow nearby and food in your yard, it will keep coming back until it’s removed.

Is an armadillo burrow under my pool deck a problem?

It can be. Burrows under a pool deck, slab or driveway can wash soil out from under the concrete over time. The best move is to get the armadillo removed and the burrow closed before the hole gets bigger. Don’t fill it yourself until you’re sure the animal isn’t inside. Call (904) 729-6285 to have it checked.

Are armadillos protected in Florida?

No. Nine-banded armadillos are not protected in Florida. Removal still has to follow FWC rules for how captured wildlife is handled, including the 24-hour rule. Trapping, checking and handling the animal properly is part of the job, and so is closing the burrow afterward so another armadillo doesn’t take over.

Do armadillos only come out at night in Osceola County?

Mostly. Armadillos are mainly nocturnal, so you’ll usually find fresh damage in the morning rather than the animal itself. Some do wander out around dawn or dusk. If you spot one in daylight, there’s a good chance its burrow is close by, either on your property or a neighbor’s.

Request a Free Inspection in Kissimmee

Tell us what you are hearing or seeing and we will call you back to set up an inspection. For a snake in the house, a bat in a living space or any emergency, call (904) 729-6285 now — we answer 24 hours a day.

Armadillo Removal Kissimmee FL – Stop Lawn & Slab Damage