Armadillo in the house!
My oldest son let the dogs out at 2 am, for the last time at night. Let them back in, and our bullmastiff girl had an armadillo in her mouth. He tried to get her to drop it, and she bulldozed right by him, then dropped it about 10' into the house. Now it is under a futon I have set up in here, and flat refuses to come out.
At first I was going to wait until daylight, and make sure it wasn't injured. But I can hear it doing little jumps under there now, moving around, so I think it is ok?
But I am having a riot, talking to friends outside of the country, because this was the most Tx thing I could think of have happen here. It is just funny beyond words.
Btw. This is this particular dog's 3rd armadillo capture, might anyone have ideas on how to get her to leave them alone? Her first one she killed, the second one - we yelled and she dropped it, and this one, she brought into the house.
Edit - it is hurt. There are some big blood splotches on the floor, so I am waiting for the game warden to call me back, and find who the local rehabber is.
https://imgur.com/a/aTF3pFE
2nd edit - I just had another rehabber contact me, and said she would get someone to contact me about picking it up.
3rd edit - someone pointed me to an app called "Animal Help Now", and it directs you to rehabbers in your area, along with their lists of specialties. And that is where I got in contact with a rehabber for this little one.
4th edit - it was safely handed off to its rehab foster. I am sure if it is determined to have leprosy, they or the state will let me know, so I can go shake hands with all of my neighbors.
5th edit - This is [the rescue](https://www.pawsandclawswildlife.org/) that it went to. I am fixing to send in a donation right now, but if you want to help, if you could shoot them a buck or two, I know they would truly appreciate it. Usually with wildlife rescue, the state doesn't help defray the cost of the rehabber keeping them, and I am not sure about vet bills. I think everything is on a volunteer basis. But these folks didn't bat an eyelash about taking him in, and they help so many injured animals.