I am raising two baby armadillos. They were brought to me because someone was digging a pond, and bulldozed a tree.
Under the tree was their den, and their mother and two brothers were killed. They are almost big enough to be released. I am waiting on some rain, to soften up the ground a little.
I put them out every day in a cage that has no bottom and let them dig. They are digging machines! I feed them night crawlers, meal worms, and peach or strawberry yogurt. The rest of the time, they stay in a big pet tote. They have jibbled newspaper up into little strips and they make it into a big ball and sleep underneath it. They're very cute. They are good little boys...not really much trouble. When they want something to eat, they press their faces to the door on the tote.
Henry is a little bigger than Edsel. Edsel just didn't catch on as fast as Henry. Henry would be face first in a saucer of meal worms and Edsel would be looking all over the place for them.
Baby armadillos are sort of pink and look almost like plastic when they are little. A mother armadillo has one egg that splits to make 4 clones. So she either has 4 boys or 4 girls.
I have a culture of meal worms, but they eat about a quarter cup of them at a time and that is just a snack. I buy night crawlers but I need to start raising them. I don't think these will be the last armadillos that I will be raising.
The rehabber who used to raise the armadillos passed away last year...and looks like I have inherited her job. As if I wasn't busy enough with possums.