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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
When do animal babies leave home?
They leave their homes when they are old enough to survive on their own.
Where you can get a descented skunk?
There are breeders found all around the United States that sell de-scented skunks as pets, but before you start looking online for one, make sure that it is legal in your state to own a pet skunk. Alsom please please PLEASE do your homework on skunks and how they behave as pets, and if it is the right pet for you.
REMEMBER: Just because you want a skunk, doesn't mean you are right for one.
Can you go in a pool after a skunk have sprayed in it?
If you swam in it you would smell horrid. Don't swim in it until it's is drained and cleaned.
Why do baby skunks smell more than adult skunks?
I suggest getting rid of it as soon as possible. If you're in Ontario, contact The Critter Guy.
What is the Latin name for skunk and what does it mean?
Mephista mephista, which means: "noxious vapors, noxious vapors"
~Skunk Woman
Skunk trap what kind of bait put in a trap?
Animal Control has told me to use raw bacon with salt dumped on it.
The only people I can think of that would buy skunk oil are hunters. They probably use it to help hide their scent.
What apearence does a skunk have?
it is a little rodent type thing with a bushy tail that is black and white.
Skunks produce spray from two glands near the anus. Whan provoked, a skunk will eject the spray through two nipple shaped ducts, also located near the anus. Depending on the proximity of the threat, the liquid can be launched 6-10 feet in the form of a fine spray or as a shorter spurt of droplets. This site has loads of information on skunks http://www.squidoo.com/skunk_spray
when you say for example "this is litterly vague" then you mean "this (in the very meaning of the word) is vague
Will moth flakes deter skunks?
Spreading mothballs around an area will keep skunks away. They can be spread around a home, porch, or even garden.
What do you think would happen if two different kind of skunks met?
They would say hi how are you, the do the tango
When you secrete gas from your anus it smells like an animal has died is there any way to stop this?
Generally when there is foul smelling gas, it can indicate that there is incomplete digestion. Short version..slow down when you eat and chew your food. The huge hunks of foods do not properly digest in the stomach, creating a breeding ground for the putrefactive organisms in your intestines to grow. These, combined with the gulping that you do when you swallow too quickly will give air a chance to enter your digestive tract and further aid the organisms to breed. The result can be the foul gas that you are describing.
Other than taking the time to enjoy your meal, try eating yogurt. The organisms in the yogurt are beneficial to your digestion and will introduce these organisms to your intestinal tract. When they are there, they counteract the putrefactive organisms and in many cases will take care of the problem all together.
Should these simple remedies not be effective, please see your primary care provider for more thorough testing and recommendations. He may have a course of care that can alleviate your problem should these simple steps not provide an answer.
How do raccoons eat their prey?
Raccoons get their food from rivers basically. The raccoon's diet consists of about 40% invertebrates, 33% plant material and 27% vertebrates. Insects, worms, small birds, nuts, fruits, fish and amphibians are their favorite food.
Skunks are Musteloidea a type of carnivorous mammal that look (and smell) somewhat like weasels and their relatives but actually are distantly related to seals. A de-scented pet skunk should be fed only what the a veterinarian recommends. In the wild they are opportunistic omnivores and eat a wide range of foods including insects and their larva, earthworms, grubs, rodents, lizards, frogs, snakes, small birds and mammals. Plants are also on their diet, they eat berries, roots, leaves, grass and nuts. The vet will probably recommend one of many pet skunk commercial foods which replicate their wild diet and will be able to tell you where to buy the commercial mixes.
Why do you have to take a bath in tomato juice to get rid of skunk smell?
The acid in the tomato juice neutralizes the chemicals used to produce the odor by the skunk's butt!
Which animal sprays enemies with a foul liquid?
The skunk
Also some beetles are capable of producing caustic or noxious sprays.
