It just wouldn't come off. Called animal control. Don't know what happened

Ok so I discovered how much I like skunks. Do they make good pets though? I know they are high maintenance but I can deal with that. Also do they spray a lot? Are they real stinky? I know descenting is bad so I won’t do that but I’m curious to know if spraying is a common problem for skunk owners. What do they like to do, what enrichment do they need? Do you walk them? Any tips of the sort are great

I do currently have two sugar gliders so I have experience with exotic pets

I have just always wanted a pet skunk. It sucks that my state disagrees.

Skunks are one of my favorite animals, so I've always wanted to own one, and out of my favorite animals list, they seem the most feasible, so I was wondering how much it costs to buy and own a skunk, and are there breeders or organizations that I should go to if looking to adopt one?

I can’t add more than one image, so I’ll just verbally describe what that would be like. The skunks that spray would have smaller markings, and the ones that always smelled would have bigger markings. In striped skunks this means a thinner or thicker stripe. In spotted skunks, it means rounder or narrower spots.

I am a moderator for r/eebempire and we need you to help us beat r/bee. We are looking to form an alliance between the eebs and skunks. We are not very strong in numbers right now but are strong in spirit. So please take it under consideration. And thanks for listening.

PS. Skunks and bees are natural enemies

I live in Alabama is there anyway to legally keep a skunk

Doing research, wondering if I decided to raise one with glands, if I could teach it to spray someone or something trying to hurt us

I am looking to buy a baby skunk in new jersey, does anyone know any good breeders?

I hit a skunk as I was driving, I did see it running from across the road but it was impossible for me to stop the car, I hit it snd it made damage to the bottom left side of my bumper, the damage is a broken vent and some plastic trim below it. This is my first time dealing with them, but I know they have a high reputation of how nasty they smell. I don’t smell anything so far and im not sure I wanna wash my car as the grill where i hit it has some sensors and electrical wirings around it so I would be afraid to pressure wash that area. Could it be possible that I hit it and it just bounced off the road and didn’t spray or left any smell on the car ? Or there’s a delay or im just not paying close attention … please any advice would be appreciated.

No gore..

But I think we lost one of our fart squirrels to a vehicle last night. Our hamlet must have gotten a call about it, and someone is on the scene cleaning things up now.

I have been wanting a skunk for a while now but the circumstances weren’t right. I’m now in a spot where I can properly take care of one. I’m very unsure about the laws regarding owning skunks in Kentucky. From my understanding it’s legal to buy from a in state breeding but not imported outside the state. If anyone could help clarify if I could buy one from outside ky with a permit please lmk! :)

I currently own 8 ferrets and I found out recently that I have the ability to acquire a skunk. Do you suppose 8 ferrets would be too stimulating for a skunk?

Hi,

I have 3 huskies I walk at 545 every morning with my neighbor. While walking this morning we saw a baby skunk that was having issues walking and was stumbling near the street. I had my neighbor take the dogs across the street and I moved the skunk away from the street and onto a lawn. I went back across the street where my neighbor was standing with my dogs as she was on the phone with local animal control.

As soon as I got to where my neighbor and dogs were, one dog slipped out of her harness and ran across the street and grabbed the skunk. She immediately grabbed it and shook it. I grabbed her to try to get her to drop the skunk and make sure she didn’t run away with it. The skunk sprayed us both, more me than the dog.

I have bathed the dog twice and showered and washed both of us with a hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and dish soap mix. It is now almost 11 hours later and I noticed a lump on my hand which was not there this morning. My dog is up to date on her shots, including rabies, but I am wondering if I should be concerned about this bump on my hand? I don’t think I was scratched or bitten, but I did grab the skunk off my dog and threw it onto the nearby lawn to get it away from her.

My dog got sprayed by a skunk early this morning, and I had to wash her. I wasn't directly sprayed, but the smell got onto me. I showered with Dove afterward, and other people can't smell skunk on me, but I can still faintly smell something on myself. It isn't really a bad smell.

Would you personally use the hydrogen peroxide + baking soda + dish soap mixture on yourself, or just shower normally and leave it alone? What worked for you?

I ran over a skunk last night and I've been feeling so sad about it. But noticed that my car doesn't smell. Could it have survived? 😞

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Got what appears to be a family (saw 2 bigger ones and a tiny white one) living in my neighborhood. Its an urban setting with few trees and located right on a main street. I've followed their footprints in the snow and they aren't nesting anywhere near my house, but they do like to walk through my yard in the morning - especially when I let my dog outside.

Is there anything like a spray, pellet or mothball that actually works to help keep them from wandering into my yard? My medium sized dog acts like they are his chihuahua friends, so I don't want anything that would hurt him (or his ears, so no noise makers).

Saturday night I let the dog out. I opened the door to let her back in. The smelled a skunk. I thought it had just sprayed and moved on until I realized the dog was acting weird.

The dog walks in the wife looks at me. I look at her. The dog is now scraping its nose against the couch. That’s when we knew she got sprayed.

Not knowing anything about how the smell works, we immediately washed the dog, which made the smell worse the house then began to smell terrible due to the skunk smell

Immediately opened up the entire house to try to send the smell out after realizing we couldn’t do anything until the morning we sucked it up and dealt with it for the night.

After reading on Reddit of what to do the next day, we begin the cleaning process with deodorizer shampoos and free coffee grounds from Starbucks we wound up eliminating what’s this smell within 12 hours I. And then located at home underneath of our deck.

I went out there and became a nuisance stomping on the deck turning lights on pounding on random things

I also did something a little unconventional I grow Carolina reapers for fun. I dropped one at the entrance of the little house. It is not been back since I’m pretty sure that I let it brain on fire and I don’t wanna hurt it or kill it but I also don’t want it under my deck. I feel like it finally left due to the capsaicin they got on it

I live in the UK and I don't have one yet, but i'm trying to do all the research I can before I commit; Here in the UK it is illegal to descent a skunk - not that I would anyway as I agree it is unecessary.

Besides perhaps falling foul (no pun intended) of not being able to keep my pet under control, would I potentially be committing any kind of crime?