Posted by Pat Kiewicz on August 28, 2010, 8:36 am
JoeSpareBedroom said:
>> You can catch them in a Hav-a-hart and I understand they will not spray
>> if confined although I don't think I'd transport in the trunk of my car.
>Covered - that's how the professionals do it, apparently. This is a great
>video.
>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/is-that-skunk/video-full-episode/4581/
Only one time did I ever trap a skunk that wasn't calmly waiting for release.
That one had sprayed the cage and was snapping and hissing. I called a
professional pest controller to deal with it. That guy told me he suspected
it was rabid. We'd had two reports of rabid foxes attacking people in
the township that summer, and a friend of mine had reported a skunk
staggering in circles in the middle of the road during daylight hours which
he called the police to dispatch. So it seemed a reasonable assumption.
Had to use chlorine bleach + Oxyclean to deoderize the trap and surroundings.
(I was baiting for groundhogs and forgot to close the trap at night.)
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Pat in Plymouth MI
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Posted by EVP MAN on August 28, 2010, 2:23 am
If anyone gets pissed on by a skunk it's their own dumb ass fault.
Shoot them from a distance and be done with it.
Posted by Cheryl Isaak on August 28, 2010, 6:52 am
On 8/27/10 5:24 PM, in article F2Wdo.1882$rC7.1797@newsfe10.iad,
> I was trimming some shrubs which were rubbing against a window frame which
> needs to be painted, and I think I discovered where my local skunk lives -
> the one that scoots behind those bushes when I pull into the driveway late
> at night. There's a 12" diameter hole in the ground.
>
> Anybody want to lay odds on the chances of that skunk getting annoyed if I'm
> clambering around its hole in the middle of the day?
>
> Or, does anyone have several excellent recipes involving tomato juice, in
> case I do NOT end up needing a bath and this paint job is done? How many
> bloody marys can one person drink before the juice expires...15 cans of it.
>
>
Gazpacho! basically, tomato juice (hope it tastes good) and finely chopped
veggies.
Cheryl
>> if confined although I don't think I'd transport in the trunk of my car.
>Covered - that's how the professionals do it, apparently. This is a great
>video.
>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/is-that-skunk/video-full-episode/4581/