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Skunk Problems
Has anyone had the unfortunate problem of getting rid of nesting skunks?
Yesterday I discovered that one has built a nest underneath my deck and I cannot get to it without removing the planks of the deck. Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks, Sue in Mi. (zone 5) |
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SAS567 wrote:
Has anyone had the unfortunate problem of getting rid of nesting skunks? Yesterday I discovered that one has built a nest underneath my deck and I cannot get to it without removing the planks of the deck. Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks, Sue in Mi. (zone 5) Throw in some moth balls |
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Shotgun.
"SAS567" wrote in message ... Has anyone had the unfortunate problem of getting rid of nesting skunks? Yesterday I discovered that one has built a nest underneath my deck and I cannot get to it without removing the planks of the deck. Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks, Sue in Mi. (zone 5) |
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doesnt work
Throw in some moth balls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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poison (cyanide works great) injected thru a little hole into a raw chicken egg.. dab
shut with candle wax, roll that down into the hole. We did this when a grad student had a problem with them digging under a concrete slab. Ingrid (SAS567) wrote: Has anyone had the unfortunate problem of getting rid of nesting skunks? Yesterday I discovered that one has built a nest underneath my deck and I cannot get to it without removing the planks of the deck. Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks, Sue in Mi. (zone 5) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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doesnt work Throw in some moth balls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. Worked for me, throw in more next to the nest |
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and they're hard to collect...
On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 14:14:56 GMT, wrote: doesnt work Throw in some moth balls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. "Nature, left alone, is in perfect balance. Harmful insects and plant diseases are always present, but do not occur in nature to an extent which requires the use of poisonous chemicals. The sensible approach to disease and insect control is to grow sturdy crops in a healthy environment." Masanobu Fukuoka, One Straw Revolution--1978 |
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after raccoons they are the most likely to carry rabies. not a good animal to have
living that close to the house. not to mention the stench when they blow off some nosy cat. Ingrid Well, gee, wouldn't it be sort of fun to see the baby skunks? Also, skunks DO eat an enormous amount of insects and grubs, so... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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http://www.purinaone.com/catcare_con...ICDB_Session=1
"After coming in contact with the virus, the bitten animal may go through one or all of several stages.---- If the bitten animal is a skunk it may not show any symptoms at all but could become a lifelong carrier. ------With most animals, however, the virus will spread through the nerves of the bitten animal towards the brain. The virus is relatively slow moving and the average time of incubation from exposure to brain involvement is between 3 to 8 weeks in dogs, 2 to 6 weeks in cats, and 3 to 6 weeks in people. However incubation periods as long as 6 months in dogs and 12 months in people have been reported. After the virus reaches the brain it then will move to the salivary glands where it can be spread through a bite. After the virus reaches the brain the animal will show one, two or all of the three different phases. Prodromal phase The first is the prodromal phase and usually lasts for 2-3 days in dogs. Apprehension, nervousness, anxiety, solitude, and a fever may be noted. Friendly animals may become shy or irritable and may snap, whereas aggressive animals may become affectionate and docile. Most animals will constantly lick the site of the bite. In cats, the prodromal phase lasts for only 1-2 days and they usually develop more fever spikes and erratic behavior than dogs. Furious phase From the prodromal phase, animals may enter the furious stage; cats are particularly prone to developing this phase. The furious stage of the disease in dogs usually lasts for 1 to 7 days. Animals become restless and irritable and are hyper responsive to auditory and visual stimuli. As they become more restless, they begin to roam and become more irritable and vicious. When caged, dogs may bite and attack their enclosures. Animals progress to become disoriented and then have seizures and eventually die. Paralytic (dumb) phase Animals may develop the paralytic phase either after the prodromal or furious stage. The paralytic phase usually develops within 2 to 4 days after the first signs are noted. Nerves affecting the head and throat are the first to be involved and animals may begin to salivate as a result of their inability to swallow. Deep labored breathing and a dropped jaw may result as the diaphragm and face muscles become increasingly paralyzed. Animals may make a choking sound and many owners think that there is something lodged in the dog’s throat. This was the case with both dogs I was exposed to and the owners were also exposed as they had been looking in the dog’s mouth for a foreign object. The animal will get weaker and eventually go into respiratory failure and die." Ingrid Ann wrote: expounded: after raccoons they are the most likely to carry rabies. not a good animal to have living that close to the house. not to mention the stench when they blow off some nosy cat. Ingrid Well, then, don't pat them! And if they are rabid, they'll be acting strange, like coming out during the day, etc. No one wants skunks living under their porch, but they do fit into the ecological balance of nature. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 10:10:23 -0400, Ann wrote:
expounded: Well, then, don't pat them! And if they are rabid, they'll be acting strange, like coming out during the day, etc. No one wants skunks living under their porch, but they do fit into the ecological balance of nature. I once had a VERY strange one...it was imitating the herd animals. The goats knew it was not normal and reared up, trying to scare it away. Believe it or not, the skunk reared up right back at them! It never sprayed during the several days we had to deal with it. Finally we decided it was too dangerous. Since we live close to a few other houses, it would be illegal to shoot a firearm (can't discharge a weapon within 500 ft of other residential houses). We called the NJ state troopers barracks, telling them we had a rabid animal in our yard, and they told us "yea ok we'll come up in a couple of hours". I then added, "If this is a waste of your time officer, I have a friend down the road who owns a shotgun and she can deal with it". I immedately got a "we'll be right over there, sir" and 5 minutes later a trooper came and dealt with the problem (ie shooting it with a shotgun). Sometimes micro-managed state beaurocracy has to be kicked in the pants in order to enforce its own rules and statutes. As a follow-up, the animal was tested and did prove positive for rabies. Dan |
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Few years back I was in my little shack in the woods. My two dogs
were out exploring. Then I heard the dogs making a heck of a racket. One was barking, the other was shrieking. Looked out the door and there was a skunk chasing the dogs. Believe it or not. Both dogs smelled lovely, but I got them in the shack, waited until the skunk was a safe distance away and I took off for the house. I collected my husband who collected a pistol and we went back to the woods. My husband asked. "O.K. Where is this so-called rabied skunk? " We looked around and this time it was after us! It lived about five seconds. I gave my dogs a bath hoping to improve the body odor and then called the vet to ask about boosters for the dogs. He told me not to dare touch those dogs for 24 hours. Too late. So I had to get rabies shots myself. |
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