tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post5946927960314688865..comments2024-02-14T04:01:44.502-05:00Comments on Prof-like Substance: The joys of home ownershipProf-like Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09536241129674490468noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-49618020164147296692010-04-14T20:39:58.624-04:002010-04-14T20:39:58.624-04:00Call back animal control and LIE! Tell them you...Call back animal control and LIE! Tell them you've been watching the skunk more closely and it is acting erratic- coming out in the daytime and it seems like it is disoriented. They will be there asap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-3124381729338041002010-04-14T18:46:36.696-04:002010-04-14T18:46:36.696-04:00Move into an apartment.
-antipodeanMove into an apartment.<br /><br />-antipodeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-87067155005593985862010-04-14T00:23:29.659-04:002010-04-14T00:23:29.659-04:00You're all afraid of this?? Ahahaha.
- from s...You're all afraid of <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aTdm2McDYA0/S8VCmi403cI/AAAAAAAAAMc/bpBXC5I86kc/s1600/Pepe" rel="nofollow">this</a>?? Ahahaha.<br /><br />- from someone who lost the majority of her olfactory capabilities through unsafe lab practices and extreme sporting accidentsProfessor in Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903558307394806532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-33910697236718448092010-04-14T00:02:22.833-04:002010-04-14T00:02:22.833-04:00Absolutely go with professional help. What furthe...Absolutely go with professional help. What further signs could an animal give you to encourage you to outsource the labor? <br /><br />that, or the paintball gun. But something soon....isn't it baby skunk season?midprofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-14864534926856448002010-04-13T17:31:53.936-04:002010-04-13T17:31:53.936-04:00Genomic Repairman FTW!
post vids ASAP pls. Thanks...Genomic Repairman FTW!<br /><br />post vids ASAP pls. Thanks.tideliarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570056632131128856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-19642972955684892542010-04-13T14:54:24.875-04:002010-04-13T14:54:24.875-04:00How would your neighbors feel about you owning a p...How would your neighbors feel about you owning a paintball gun? It may get rid of the skunk and teach the little neighborhood pissants to stay off your lawn.Genomic Repairmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755692245709237397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-14124725760895556152010-04-13T14:30:46.177-04:002010-04-13T14:30:46.177-04:00Animal control is a no-go unless we think it has r...Animal control is a no-go unless we think it has rabies. Already tried that.Prof-like Substancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536241129674490468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-37630489735717938942010-04-13T14:13:00.126-04:002010-04-13T14:13:00.126-04:00I would call animal control, they should be able t...I would call animal control, they should be able to give you some options. Since skunks are a rabies vector, the city should have some options to dispose of them. If you're in an urban area, look up the people who capture and spay/neuter feral cats, they'll know places that will take skunks (since you catch feral cats and skunks in the same traps) and may have more "catch and release" ideas than animal control.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13532319866441105577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-84162519838281729632010-04-13T13:31:26.424-04:002010-04-13T13:31:26.424-04:00A few years ago, when I'd first moved to Vanco...A few years ago, when I'd first moved to Vancouver, I came home at 2am after a night out to find a skunk blocking my access to the front door. Not having grown up in a country that has skunks, I had no idea what to do. How close would it let me get before it would spray me? What kind of range do those things have anyway - could it get me from where I was standing at the front gate?<br /><br />I ended up retreating to the far side of the road and pinging gravel at it until it moved. That seemed to work OK. My roommate took a more sophisticated approach to skunks and the local ninja attack crows - he would attack from his balcony using a catapult and a big bag of dried peas.Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-52239898688911826022010-04-13T13:28:12.630-04:002010-04-13T13:28:12.630-04:00Hire a professional. It's worth the expense to...Hire a professional. It's worth the expense to have the animal removed safely and humanely and without skunking up the damn place. Need not be an exterminator per se, though many of them do small animal removal.Ambivalent Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908454781195782927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-11418802896385490442010-04-13T12:59:31.553-04:002010-04-13T12:59:31.553-04:00I'm not much for small animal shootin' and...I'm not much for small animal shootin' and I doubt my neighbors would appreciate the acquisition and use of guns in my backyard. Night goggles might freak them out more, but that doesn't mean I'm not looking into to getting a pair. <br /><br />I don't have a truck, so moving the skunk post capture will be an issue I will be dealing with, assuming I go with the capture method. Ammonia-soaked tennis balls was floated as a less nasty option along the lines of the moth balls. Of course, it'll probably move from my shed to under my porch...Prof-like Substancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536241129674490468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-28186321344677534472010-04-13T12:17:24.587-04:002010-04-13T12:17:24.587-04:00Sadly I have actually trapped a skunk (thanks to m...Sadly I have actually trapped a skunk (thanks to my growing up in the deep south). We fashioned a ring to the top of a large squirrel trap so that we could pick it up with a hook mounted to a pole to maintain the requisite distance away from getting skunked. We tossed the trap in the back of someone's old truck (that we borrowed, I wasn't putting that thing in my car) and took it out to the woods and let it loose. Some of my southern breathren might have shot or worse ate the damn thing but I felt bad and returned it to the woods. However I spent like $20 at the local carwash trying to wash the funk out of the back of my buddies truck. Oh yeah use canned cat food to lure the skunk in, they love that stuff. Best of luck.Genomic Repairmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755692245709237397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-75351254689175317932010-04-13T12:04:33.131-04:002010-04-13T12:04:33.131-04:00Well, yes of course PlS still needs the night gogg...Well, yes of course PlS still needs the night goggles. He does need to make sure other skunks don't invade. I'm surprised he doesn't already have them. Should be on every homeowner's list of must-haves, along with a large assortment of powertools (can't have too many!), seven or eight hammers (including at least one sledgehammer), and duct tape.<br /><br />And yes, PiT, I have a healthy respect, bordering on fear, of getting <b>that</b> close to a skunk. I'm not a fool in that respect. Maybe in other respects, but not that one.Odysseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-58471388139220065452010-04-13T10:02:08.533-04:002010-04-13T10:02:08.533-04:00But seriously, how cool would it be to get night g...But seriously, how cool would it be to get night goggles???? Isn't it, like, every dude's dream to need a pair?Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08560202798168034844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-43157671087288032322010-04-13T09:59:01.182-04:002010-04-13T09:59:01.182-04:00Buy a .22 and sort it out terminally. How long you...Buy a .22 and sort it out terminally. How long you been over here now?!<br /><br />Do *not* try and catch it. Rabies shots and skunk spray is not worth it. Plus imagine all the fun you can have teaching the wee one to shoot squirrels in summer time!tideliarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570056632131128856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-37403981421242402572010-04-13T09:46:14.738-04:002010-04-13T09:46:14.738-04:00You're afraid of a little skunk? Pfffft.You're afraid of a little skunk? Pfffft.Professor in Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903558307394806532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-68689584952227879382010-04-13T09:37:02.314-04:002010-04-13T09:37:02.314-04:00Call Critter Control (or the local equivalent). I ...Call Critter Control (or the local equivalent). I know Critter Control has a catch and release program. Although not common, wild skunks can carry rabies and you don't want to have to deal with that.Odysseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-91470026980200493302010-04-13T08:59:38.447-04:002010-04-13T08:59:38.447-04:00Any 'humane' live traps will work, but cov...Any 'humane' live traps will work, but cover it with a tarp or cardboard as suggested above. The skunk will not spray if it risks spraying itself in a closed space.Gillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581358701593866038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-58748281026722817082010-04-13T08:40:56.019-04:002010-04-13T08:40:56.019-04:00tranquilizer* guntranquilizer* gunEugeniehttp://flashlighttagg.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793086675277097176.post-59373572685144391082010-04-13T08:39:44.455-04:002010-04-13T08:39:44.455-04:00My uncle managed to trap one when I was a kid, but...My uncle managed to trap one when I was a kid, but he ended up drowning it in a garbage can to get rid of it.<br /><br />What about those onesie body suits that people wear to do clean/paint/whatever as a protective barrier for yourself.<br /><br />OR go to tractor supply and borrow one of the HavaHeart traps, put cardboard or something around it so the skunk can't see you.<br /><br />Ooooor a black market gun?Eugeniehttp://flashlighttagg.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com