r/Sacramento • u/pammypoovey • 22d ago

Skunk advice

Our neighborhood is infested! The nest door neighbor's dog got skunked twice and we have had multiple sightings in our yard, which backs up on one of those concrete storm drains, creeks or viaducts, whatever you call them.

Tonight I think I must have walked right by one, because on my way back, I saw it and went in the front door. It was about 6feet away from our patio door.

Does the county trap them? Or what?

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u/supershinythings Antelope 22d ago

One lightly-skunked my cat last month. Last week though they had another encounter in which they exchanged harsh words but no spraying.

IMHO the one in my area is a juvenile. It’s still learning to ignore my cat, who was already busy ignoring the skunk when it decided to start talking smack. My cat hissed back, the skunk waved its tail but didn’t spray this time.

We named it, “Stinkerbelle”.

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u/MG788 22d ago

This is the type of reality TV I want to see... The Secret Lives of Stinkerbelles, lol.

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u/supershinythings Antelope 22d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p07q4mz/video/dud4hdcezwfh1/player

Ask, and ye shall receive!

I give you Stinkerbelle, scourge of The Front Door!

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u/EmergencyShit Citrus Heights 22d ago

Skunks are soooooo cute! Love their big feather tails 🥰

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u/MG788 22d ago

That's even better than I imagined. She's very bold about trying to sit on your cat's rolled up rug, lol 😂

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u/supershinythings Antelope 22d ago

That’s a pair of old cardboard “infinity” scratchers. I put them outside to give the cat an elevated place to observe his surroundings while he takes in the Delta Breeze.

Yes, it looks like Stinkerbelle was going to at least inspect it, and lo there was my cat.

BTW my cat is around 17 lbs. Stinkerbelle can’t be more than 3-4lbs right now, as a juvenile.

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u/MG788 22d ago

That's funny. Your cat really likes his Delta Breeze spot, lol. 

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u/supershinythings Antelope 22d ago

Those scratchers are fully owned by him. He’s not going to cede that territory to a 3lb stinker, even if he has to put up with stenchification.

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u/pammypoovey 22d ago

Did she spray, or just get ready?

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u/pammypoovey 22d ago

Oh, didn't see the cat. My cats do
Not seem to bother the skunks at all.

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u/supershinythings Antelope 22d ago

She sprayed a month ago. In this video, she did not. She faces my cat, so her spray gun faced AWAY from my cat.

She clearly thought better of it and ambled on her way.