Posted: 2/24/2012 6:30:35 AM EDT
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Appears that a family of skunks has decided to take up residence under the front porch. Inside city limits, so the traditional way of removing them is not an option. Our animal services folks are of the mindset that the critters can make a home wherever they want since it is their land anyways and pose no danger.
Is there any kind of repellant that I could spread around the house that these stinky squatters will find so offensive that they pack up and move ? If I trap them, I'm sure they will activate their defense mechanisms with full fury. How can I make them go away ? I know there is no other place in the world to seek such advice as here. Thanks. |
| Sardines, trap, air rifle shot to the back of the head. Other option is to liberally spray area with coyote urine. (http://www.legupenterprises.com/ |
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Get a smaller hav a hart trap, one in which Pepe will be unable to lift his tail. No tail lift, no spray.
Toss a tarp over it as mentioned. Now dump the trap in a garbage can full of water. Leave there for a good few minutes. Dump the garbage can down a storm drain, double bag Pepe and drop him in the trash. |
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Quoted: Appears that a family of skunks has decided to take up residence under the front porch. Inside city limits, so the traditional way of removing them is not an option. Our animal services folks are of the mindset that the critters can make a home wherever they want since it is their land anyways and pose no danger. Is there any kind of repellant that I could spread around the house that these stinky squatters will find so offensive that they pack up and move ? If I trap them, I'm sure they will activate their defense mechanisms with full fury. How can I make them go away ? I know there is no other place in the world to seek such advice as here. Thanks. I guess stinking up your house and everything in it including yourself isn't a problem to them? I dealt with something like this back about 87 or 88. Had one move into the crawl space under my kitchen and spray every few days for the fuck of it. mothballs didn't do shit, blocking the entrance didn't do shit, It kept digging around the live trap, finally after about 6 weeks, enough was enough and it was a claw trap and a 20ga. We moved out of the house for 3 days and left every door and window wide open  If you can get it in a live trap, then do the trap/barrel of water thing. cove it with a tarp and you should be ok. wear a poncho for good measure.  |
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My gf and I were on camping trip a couple of years ago and my mom was taking care of the animals at our house while we were away. I have 2 outdoor dogs nicknamed Sid Vicious and Dick Cheney. They are contained with an invisible fence and they sleep in the garage. We got a text message from mom that essentially said that although it wasn't an emergency, we would come home to find a mess in the garage that she wasn't going to clean up. Not her job. Apparently some very brave skunk wandered in there and had no clue what he was walking into. My dogs said oh sweet! Tug of WAR! Yeah, one got on each end and ripped him clean in two. My car was sitting in there and the windows were down and they left a half on each side of it. It was quite a mess and my car stunk for two months and of the course the dogs did too. But it was also an effective termination. I'd say if you don't have a crazy dog or two, the mothball trick does generally work on rodents. |
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get a hav-a-hart trap, bait it nearby, and you should be able to get the mama. Calmly toss a tarp over it so it doesn't spray you, then dispatch with method of choice. A garbage pail filled with water might be best given your location. Rinse, repeat. I prefer to use a quiet blanket instead of a tarp, less likely to startle/agitate critter and it's a good idea to distract the skunk so you can quietly sneak up behind it with blanket. |