Well the skunk is back!

[Lewguitar]

Or at least A skunk, is back. Doubt it's the one we trapped and took to the country and set loose.

We've caught it in a Havahart trap. Problem is there's a second skunk trying to get into the trap! Thinking one is a female in heat, and the other is a male. In any case we can't get near the trap without getting sprayed.

 

[Lewguitar]

We have no intention of shooting the critter or harming it in any way. But I'd like to get this one moved and then trap the second one ASAP.

 

[Prs Mods too]

Critter Corner: Skunks are beneficial creatures, really

Skunks are beneficial critters. They are omnivorous and eat a variety of garden pests, including mice, voles, beetles, various larvae, wasps and crickets.

www.insidenova.com

You're going to have to trap the second one ASAP so you don't end up dehydrating/starving the first one.

 

[Lewguitar]

Critter Corner: Skunks are beneficial creatures, really

Skunks are beneficial critters. They are omnivorous and eat a variety of garden pests, including mice, voles, beetles, various larvae, wasps and crickets.

www.insidenova.com

You're going to have to trap the second one ASAP so you don't end up dehydrating/starving the first one.

Going to tackle the problem in a few minutes. I like skunks. Just don't like the way they stink up the house.

I don't have any intention of harming either of them.

 

[jxe]

they love you lou!

 

[Lewguitar]

they love you lou!

It's actually my girlfriend's house. They love her!

I have two dogs. No skunks.

https://imgur.com/5p55XYh

 

[Lewguitar]

OK...that one's living in the country now.

Sprayed and the whole neighborhood stinks from a block away.

Didn't spray us though.

Next we catch the one that's still here.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Oof! I had a skunk problem a couple years back and got sprayed at point blank range, even though I levitated sideways in the air and only got grazed. Still had to throw my clothes out.

I’m not as nice as you, I figure I have karma built up from not eating meat for 30+ years.

I “Casked of Amantilado’ed” the last f@cker that tried to burrow into the den under my front stoop.

 

[Lewguitar]

I “Casked of Amantilado’ed” the last f@cker that tried to burrow into the den under my front stoop.

Had to look that one up. Didn't get the Edgar Allen Poe reference!

 

[László]

Free Pepe Le Pew!

And...Huey (and Dewey and Louie).

 

[Lewguitar]

Free Pepe Le Pew!

And...Huey (and Dewey and Louie).

I'm a big fan of Huey, Dewey and Louie. The Junior Woodchucks.

I collect 40's, 50's and 60's Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics.

Also Little Lulu's from the same era. But don't tell anybody.

 

[archtop]

"Nature's so bitchen!"
The Rugburns

 

[dmatthews]

I had a skunk spew outside my house last year. Ugly...
I inadvertently ran over one the year before that. Car washes are expensive...
Can't wait for third time lucky...

 

[Prs Mods too]

Going to tackle the problem in a few minutes. I like skunks. Just don't like the way they stink up the house.

I don't have any intention of harming either of them.

I knew you didn't want to harm them. I just don't know you but I know how stupid some people are so figured I'd mention the dehydration/starvation thing.

Glad you got the first one sorted out. Good luck with the next.

 

[Huggy Love]

Oh.... it's about critters ..... I think I'm in the wrong thread.

 

[11top]

I suspect there are a number of posters here that are used to that smell.

 

[Lewguitar]

I knew you didn't want to harm them. I just don't know you but I know how stupid some people are so figured I'd mention the dehydration/starvation thing.

Glad you got the first one sorted out. Good luck with the next.

We've relocated two now. #3 is still under the house.

 

[Lewguitar]

I suspect there are a number of posters here that are used to that smell.

No comparison. Both kinds of skunk are available here in Colorado and in terms of smell there's no comparison.

 

[Lewguitar]

Skunk #3 is in the trap this morning! Now we have to relocate him. Hope he and his girlfriend are able to find each other. Shouldn't be a problem picking up each other's scent...

Gosh I hope this is the end of it!

 

[shinksma]

Knock on wood: I have never seen or even smelled a skunk here in the Orlando area in the 17 years I've lived here (and the uncounted times I was here on business previously). I dealt with skunks a fair bit in the areas I used to live "up north". Supposedly there are some around here, but I guess they stay away from the built up areas?