Comments on: Hello Skunk!

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:29:48 +0000

Once while camping, my mom and I left the showers after dark and saw something move slowly by. No idea why we were so curious, but we followed. We really thought it was probably someone’s dog, I think, and wanted to help it. What else would be in the center of all the activity at a campground, ambling around like it owned the place.

We almost caught it before realizing it was a skunk. Thankfully, it never even threatened to spray.
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By: Alison Kerr

Alison Kerr — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:02:44 +0000

Shannon, I’m surprised that you’d not relish meeting a fox. I’m pretty sure I’d love that!

Debi, I think the raccoons may prove a challenge with vegetable gardening. Perhaps I can find an answer for you.

Rosemary, thanks for the comment and for that great link. Now I know what to do if a skunk does move in, or maybe I’d better look at prevention.

Gina, what great stories. Thanks for sharing. Wow, how great that someone bought your house because of the skunk! The other story… not so great.

By: Gina

Gina — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:17:46 +0000

I’ve had two interesting skunk episodes in the past few years. The first happened when I was still living in Mexico, and it involves my dog acting strangely one day. The cause was a baby skunk under my bed! Eventually, he chased it out of there, caught it and killed it. All I can say is, thank god for tomato juice! P.S. I had to throw the bed away.

The second episode happened in downtown Montreal, just as I was staging my house in order to sell it. I found a very pregnant skunk living under my shed. Frankly, I was happy that the wildlife had elected to live in my backyard, so I left it alone. Shortly after, a serious buyer came along, a young man, and I felt that for the sake of transparency I had to declare the skunk’s presence to him. Well, guess what? He turned out to be crazy about skunks, and he made me an offer on the spot!
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By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:49:46 +0000

We have skunks in our neighbourhood, I haven’t seen them but I occasionally smell them in the evening. From a certain distance I don’t find their smell unpleasant. In any case, skunks are unlikely to spray unless they feel threatened, and they give warning before spraying. The Canadian Federation of Humane Societies has information on living with skunks.
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By: Debi

Debi — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:46:12 +0000

No skunks for me, either. Unless they agree not to spray. These days, we’ve had our fair share of raccoons coming to visit — though it took a bit of detective work on our part to figure out who are visitors were. Should be interesting to see if we get new visitors once we plant our garden.
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By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:45:31 +0000

Oh no! I am not sure how I’d feel about a skunk… but I know that I wouldn’t be psyched if I went to take out the trash and met one of these critters; but meeting a fox isn’t on the top of my list either and I think they are cute.
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