See A Fascinating Critter Of The Southwest!

Hi Anna Banana Kruchten - These Javelina actually make trails and one of these trails concerned a neighbor who thought somebody was constructing a trail but she could not catch them! She finally realized it was the Javelina!!

They come right to my front door. You need the right type of landscaping otherwise kiss you new plants goodbye. They are destructive, and can be aggressive. I have been chased by javelinas more than once!

Hi Carla Muss-Jacobs, Principal Broker/Owner - I never heard of Nutria, I will google them! I like the fact that animals can roam through our neigborhood - we just have to be careful.  We get mule deer, whitetail deer, bobcats, coyote, fox, also.  Whitetail deer, racoons and bobcats are the only animals I have seen in our fenced in backyard! In an urban neighborhood this would not be good.

Hi Patricia - you wouldn't want them for pets, they have a real pecular odor and it gets really bad when they get wet!!

Rebecca Gaujot, the Go To Realtor® - I think that there are a lot of neighbors that feel the same way as you.  Especially those who have dogs. They have to keep their dogs on a tight leash when walking them!

Hi Rob Arnold - They are very, very distant relatives of the pig.  The main similarity is their snout. It is very sensitive. Their sight is terrible. They run away from you because they don't see well. 

Hi Kathy Streib - We have a Mexican restaurant called the Javelina Cantina and they have lots of different displays.  One is a stuffed head (not sure if it is real) over the fireplace. 

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Real Estate Agent, Top 1% of Lyon Agents - When you see these critters, you either like them or you don't!  Because they like to eat most anything you plant, you either have to stay completely with natural landscape or have a fence of some kind. I love to garden so my courtyard is completely enclosed....but we still can get raccoons!!!

Praful Thakkar - You won't be disappointed! I have owned a home since 2003 and I still pinch myself when I see the majesty of the red rocks every morning when I wake up!

Hi Kat, like any wild animal, don't scare them!  Don't try to pick up their babies!!!

Hi Roger D. Mucci - I hope your new job is going well!  You either like these critters or you don't! There is usually no in between.  BUT when you see one that is about a day old and makes a baby squeal, it is hard to not like them! Just saying...

Women of Westchester Working Together - For some people, Javelina can be all that you mentioned.  But, we have learned to live with them and enjoy seeing them and just like the smells on a farm, you get used to it. If the wind is blowing just right, you can't even smell them!!

Hi Brigita McKelvie - They are very common in the southwest especially AZ but NM and TX as well!  They are migrating from South America and in Arizona moving northwest bypassing Flagstaff but getting close to Kingman. They also bypass more urban areas such as some of Phoenix. 

I hope you are right Margaret Goss - I have not seen Javelina on any menu!

No Annette Thor - They have migrated from South America through Central America and Mexico, and are heading Northwest from the Phoenix area.

Hi Kathleen Daniels - We have building envelopes and you can't even have a fence outside the envelope. So, if you want a fenced area it means the home has fit within the building envelope. This allows animals to roam free between homes!

kids love them!

Thanks so much for the re-blog!  - They have a pattern or trail tey follow as they look for food.  There is an actual trail made by the Javelina behind our house. 

Thank you Dorie Dillard - These guys can dig for grubs in your grass and eat your flowers. They just pull the flowers out from the roots and drag them across the yard. I used to have "visitors" in my courtyard until I put up mesh screen on the gate.