How to get rid of a Skunk?

Eeek!! It's time to call in the pros. But, from what I've told by my friend who had a skunk under her back yard deck, she left a flash light under her deck when the skunk is out in the dark before dawn the skunk comes back, see the light and will find another home to stay. That's another way you could get rid of the skunk. ;)

We found when the skunk dug under the skirting. Maybe put a light and shine it there. :hmm:
 
That happened to me long time ago. My then husband found where the entrance was and waited until dark and checked under the house to make sure the skunk is gone and then boarded up the entrance. Just before that time, my two dachsunds ran into it and came back smelling bad. I didn't have any tomato juice so I used V-8. I got some smell on me and I did smell when I showed up for work at the food store. Poor hubby... he was tossing and turning as he really hate the smell that is all over the house.
 
Oh, wow! Talk about being in a predictment. I want to see pictures, lol.

I don't know...try waterhosing it down or something. Maybe it's a momma skunk getting ready to give birth.
 
Pepper spray?

I would be too scared to use that under the house, for it might get inside our home. That would be worse than the skunk smell.

Sorry for the confusion...not pepper spray like mace or what the cops carry. Its a pepper formula sprayed on the ground and foilage to deter the skunks (and other animals) from making a habitat of your home. Many lawn and garden stores carry it. There are also other sprays and such available for the same thing. Many times they are used to repel small animals from gardens, etc but can be used to run them away from your house. If you can find a product thats halfway decent, I'd give it a shot.

The problem is anything you do to scare it will end up getting you sprayed. And speaking from experience, that smell does NOT go away easily. If in your clothes, its not something that can be washed out. That stink will stay in your house for most of the winter if it sprays under there. Your best option is to do something to make it uncomfortable so it finds a new place to go. Thats why the lights and some chemicals are a good option...He will disappear in the middle of the night when he thinks its safe.
 
Skunk smell remover

Skunk Smell Remover
1 quart 3% Hydrogen Peroxide
1/4 cup Baking Soda
2 tbsp Dish Detergent. The stuff for washing dishes in the sink, not something for dishwashers.
Mix the ingredients in a large bowl, because it will boil up like Vesuvius. We are, after all, making an oxygen generator. Wash the dog with this while it is still foaming, because it is the oxygen which reacts with the thiols in the skunk stink to neutralize the odor. If it sits around, it will loose it's efficacy because the oxygen boils off. Don't try to store it in an airtight container, because it will blow up. The brew also works for clothes, humans and unlucky cats.
 
Sorry for the confusion...not pepper spray like mace or what the cops carry. Its a pepper formula sprayed on the ground and foilage to deter the skunks (and other animals) from making a habitat of your home. Many lawn and garden stores carry it. There are also other sprays and such available for the same thing. Many times they are used to repel small animals from gardens, etc but can be used to run them away from your house. If you can find a product thats halfway decent, I'd give it a shot.

The problem is anything you do to scare it will end up getting you sprayed. And speaking from experience, that smell does NOT go away easily. If in your clothes, its not something that can be washed out. That stink will stay in your house for most of the winter if it sprays under there. Your best option is to do something to make it uncomfortable so it finds a new place to go. Thats why the lights and some chemicals are a good option...He will disappear in the middle of the night when he thinks its safe.

That may very well work then.

I will check out the farming stores for it.
 
Babyblue, I have no idea how to rid of a skunk. Perhap websites give you advice how to do that?

Call animal control ?
 
Here in Canada, it is against the law to touch skunks even if they choose to use your home/garage as a place of habitat.

My parents & neighbours struggled for two years with the same skunk and her litter! We knew it was her because of how she was uniquely marked and way too docile towards us. She would allow only a few humans to come near her & the litter and not mark us BUT the family pets were a different story!

The pregnant skunk would hide under the huge shed between the neighbour's and my parents' property. Every night we had to deal with the horrible smell. We contacted the city and the city directed us to animal control. Animal control directed us to Wildlife. Wildlife said not to touch a pregnant animal otherwise we would be facing a stiff fine.

We had to leave the animal and her litter alone until fall time. When fall rolled around, the skunk and her litter would hibernate, Wildlife Department came around and would relocate the whole family and we had to pay for it!

The garage was not properly designed as it was a homemade one. If it had been "broken into" by the mother skunk, wildlife would have paid for the relocation.

Oh it was a really sticky issue that raised a whole stink, literally but both the neighbours and my parents learned something new.

We used this and it was a great service. They taught us that since the homemade garage was set on cinder blocks, it was easy access for the skunks. The company did everything, you name it. Relocation of the mother & baby skunks and they also fixed up the shed so the mother & skunks will not come back to that area.

Humane Wildlife Control - source
 
LOL

Not for me!

You are more than welcome to come and catch it for me. When you do. I will let you keep it! :)

I had a friend that did that when the skunk was just a baby.

She asked me to take care of it while she went on vacation--so I did. Of all the animals in her house--the skunk was sociable and very loving!

I don't want to admit to this but I did allow the skunk to sleep with me in bed.
 
I had a friend that did that when the skunk was just a baby.

She asked me to take care of it while she went on vacation--so I did. Of all the animals in her house--the skunk was sociable and very loving!

I don't want to admit to this but I did allow the skunk to sleep with me in bed.

Oh really?!?!

Wow! Hopefully it was descented. :D
 
I had a friend that did that when the skunk was just a baby.

She asked me to take care of it while she went on vacation--so I did. Of all the animals in her house--the skunk was sociable and very loving!

I don't want to admit to this but I did allow the skunk to sleep with me in bed.

pix or it didn't happen :cool2:
 
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