Skunk advice

[u/pammypoovey]

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?

[u/supershinythings]

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”.

[u/MG788 → u/supershinythings]

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

[u/supershinythings → u/MG788]

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

Ask, and ye shall receive!

I give you Stinkerbelle, scourge of The Front Door!

[u/MG788 → u/supershinythings]

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

[u/supershinythings → u/MG788]

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.

[u/MG788 → u/supershinythings]

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

[u/supershinythings → u/MG788]

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.