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Skunks
The size of a cat or smaller with long fur and bushy tails, skunks are easily identified by their distinctive black and white coloration. These near-sighted omnivores have a hearty appetite for grubs and insect pests, and have also been known to consume mice and small rats. They are members of the Mustelid family, which also includes weasels, martens, and badgers. Skunks are found throughout North America, with only one species found in Asia.
1,081 Questions
How do you get rid of a skunk on a porch?
You should either call an exterminator or get an animal trap.
What country do skunks live in?
The two skunk species in the Mydaus genus inhabit Indonesia and the Philippines; all other skunks inhabit the Americas from Canada to central South America. (Wikipedia)
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How many babies do skunks have in 1 year?
I know this one! Only one litter per year. No matter what. They can have a whole bunch of babies, but only once a year.
A skunks stripe is a warning to predators to say "GO AWAY!" However, not all skunks are striped. Some are spotted, hooded, and some don't even have stripes at all! And they can be black, brown, white, grey, and other colors.
What is causing the bad odor in your house that smells like a dead animal?
that's tough, you have to try to isolate the area from the attic. the smell will be completely gone when the carcass dries out. Many companies use lime or what they call Earth bags or a spray on product called Epoleon, however you have to get close to the source, so find that first. Many hardware stores also have odor control products.
How is diffusion related to smelling the odor of the skunk that is far away?
If you ever plan on chasing a skunk, this might be very useful. Let's say that you're a few feet away from the skunk when it sprays you. There's no wind and you are not immediately in range of the skunk's spray. Regardless, the odor will still reach you even if both you and the skunk do absolutely nothing. It's all diffusion. The skunk's spray starts as a liquid, but rapidly evaporates into the surrounding air. Those particles disperse and collide with air particles, but will inevitably get further and further from the skunk. Eventually, you'll notice because those particles have now reached your nose. The particles of skunk collide with an enormous number of air particles per second, and it takes quite a bit of time to reach you, but the idea is that particles will eventually spread out from the source until they are somewhat evenly dispersed. Think of it as that time someone breaks wind in a classroom and everyone smells it, but doesn't know where it came from.
So if none of the spray lands on you, can you try to outrun the diffusion of the spray? Yes you should!
How do you remove a skunk from under a shed?
To have a skunk around is not necessarily a bad thing, skunks are placid, retiring and non-aggressive. They try very hard not to get in trouble. They eat mostly insects, many of which are pests so they are beneficial to have around. In winter and spring they may eat mice.
Sometimes skunks are killed or evicted because someone is afraid of getting sprayed; in true it takes a lot to get sprayed, they prefer to stay out of trouble. They will not spray in or near their homes if they can avoid it either.
Most skunks dig their own burrows but can also use abandoned dens of other animals, hollow logs, wood or rock piles, under buildings, stone walls, hay or brush piles and trees or stumps. They will establish a territory of a few hundred acres at most. They are primarily nocturnal and usually solitary - except when mothers are raising their babies. They are active throughout the year, but in northern areas, they spend the coldest parts of the winter in their dens.
If you really want to evict the skunk, first make sure that is not winter or that they have litter. For evicting them, first take measures to discourage them from sticking around. These include removing garbage and pet food left out at night and eliminating convenient denning sites such as wood and rock piles, elevated sheds, openings under concrete slabs and porches and access to crawl spaces under houses. You may however want an alternative den somewhere not too far so the skunk moves initially there.
Then try repacking the hole the skunk is using with leaves or other material to see if it will get the message and move elsewhere. Do not fill up the hole with heavy things or materials and don't poke inside the den or use aggression, otherwise, beside leaving the skunk to starve, you will also get the so feared sprayed odor impregnated in your place for ages.
If the previous measures fail, place ammonia-soaked rags near or inside the burrow to one side so that the skunk has to pass them to get in and out. Make sure the skunk is not close by before taking either of these measures.
Never close a den the first day you think it is empty, rather cover with leaves to check if the skunk is still using it, otherwise you may trap it inside and the feared odor will stay as a reminder for weeks.
If and only if all measures fail, place a one-way door at the place where the skunk leaves his den, he will come out but not be able to come in. This is however a last resource as may backfire to a trapped skunk (odor defense!) or other undesired outcomes.
Who are the main characters in the story Skunk Scout by Laurence Yep?
The book Skunk Scout is about a boy named Teddy that learns more about of himself, life in the wilderness, and spends more time wih his brother Bobby
Do skunks spray liquid or air?
When in danger, skunks are known for their ability to spray a repulsive gas from their behinds.
I describe the skunk smell as a VERY bitter smell. It was not what I had expected when my dog came to me, sprayed. It is NOT gross like a rotten egg, or something that smells more sour like. It is better, and indeed you will never forget the smell of a skunk. It also stays quite long, is very strong, and indeed a very unique smell which I think you will not find on anything else.
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- When they spray: putrid. The worst lingering smell you will ever experience.
- Skunks don't really smell like anything else. They are pretty unique in that sense.
- Interesting animals, skunks are. They're really quite mild mannered, and if you don't startle them or make them angry, they're happy to leave you alone. All they want from humans is the scraps of food that we carelessly leave laying around. They normally eat just about anything from frogs to bird eggs to whatever they can find in your garbage can. However, nature has given them a very effective means of self defense in the spray that they direct at an enemy. The spray is a chemical concoction manufactured by special glands in the skunks body. One of the ingredients is actually sulfuric acid, a very strong acid used for making car batteries and other industrial uses. To describe the smell of skunk spray is tough, as there's nothing in our daily lives that resembles it. It can, in very very small amounts, smell something like burned rubber. But, in larger quantities it is just indescribable. Once you smell it, you'll never forget it. It's very strong, and makes your eyes water and breathing difficult. It's very, very unpleasant to be sprayed by a skunk, which two of my dogs will swear to. Hopefully, you'll get a chance to find the answer for your question from a distance. And, remember, skunks are known to be carriers of rabies. If you're ever bitten by one, see a doctor immediately. Otherwise, they're really gentle critters who mind their own business. The only time I take action is if they decide to set up housekeeping under my porch. In that case, spreading mothballs around under the porch seems to chase them away. Mothballs smell to skunks like they smell to us.
Also in short here are 3 things they smell like is garlic, rotten eggs, burnt rubber.
Try taking a whiff of all three, a fun experiment to do at home.
Addition:
A skunk died under my apartment, and without knowing what the scent was I described it as an onion microwaved inside of a rubber glove for 20 minutes on high. That is exactly what it smelled like.
No. Skunks and domestic cats belong to the same Kingdom, Phylum, Class, and Order, but the skunk belongs to the Family Mephitidae and the domestic cat belongs to the Family Felidae. With some exceptions, most animals need to be in the same species group to produce offspring. Some Genus groups, such as Canis, can produce offspring after interbreeding. An example would be a timber wolf and a domestic dog. Being members of the same order would not be genetically possible to produce offspring should breeding occur somehow.
I have never personally witnessed this phenomena, but I have known someone who claims that, around his workplace at night, he has frequently witnessed the mating of cats and skunks. I am not certain whether male skunks with female cats or vice versa, but he claims to have seen this. He has never seen any offspring produced from this mating, however. So I think it is possible for them to mate, but not to reproduce.
No, skunks do not live in africa! For some reason though I can't seem to find out directly why they don't. The only thing I've got is that they do not and it more than likely because of the rain there.
No. Mice are rodents, not marsupials.
There are numerous tiny dasyurids, or carnivorous marsupials of Australia, which come under the broad heading of marsupial mice. They include the antechinus, dibbler, ningaui, phascogale, planigale, kultarr, dunnart, kaluta, mulgara and kowari, but these creatures are not related to the rodent known as "mouse" at all.
There are no predators of skunks. Only raccoons, which explains why you frequently see raccoons living next to your house. Regarding these issues, we provide The Critter Guy's services in Canada, Ontario.
How do you get rid of skunk smell in dogs mouth?
You should rush up into the bathroom, give him a tomato juice bath, he/she wont like it, and spray the house down with air freshener. My dog is fine now and he got spray two days ago, But the house smelt terrible. So watch out for that. I hope this helped!
