Anybody have good ideas on how to get rid of skunks?

[crashbandicoot]

I used to set a few conibears back when I ran traps as a wee teenager....I don't remember the number, set them for muskrats.

Probably 110s,compare to 220s as a .22 compares to a 106mm recoilless rifle!

 

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[freeman]

You get a black cat, paint a white stripe down its back and spray it with french perfume.

Works every time.

 

[traveller777]

You get a black cat, paint a white stripe down its back and spray it with french perfume.

Works every time.

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Are you sure? Or will you have a skunk AND a cat?

 

[Ohiogoldfever]

Are you sure? Or will you have a skunk AND a cat?

i have a dog that farts a lot. Pretty close right?

 

[traveller777]

In al seriousness they are pretty easy to trap. You can get a have a heart live trap for about 30.00 at a ru

i have a dog that farts a lot. Pretty close right?

Close enough.

 

[Lawsonrj55]

We have trouble with skunks during the summer here in Indiana. The females like to get under the neighbors mini barn. I have been read that throwing orange and lemon peelings around the yard will keep them away. It's a cheap thing to try. Good luck!

 

[traveller777]

We have trouble with skunks during the summer here in Indiana. The females like to get under the neighbors mini barn. I have been read that throwing orange and lemon peelings around the yard will keep them away. It's a cheap thing to try. Good luck!

Read that too. Supposed to work. But it may have been the orange and lemon growers association that spread that.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Read that too. Supposed to work. But it may have been the orange and lemon growers association that spread that.

Good one traveller!!

 

[Sandflea]

So we have an old 3-stall garage that is impossible to seal up tightly. It has standard garage stuff plus we keep packing materials for the business in it (pallets of boxes, packing peanuts, &c). Outside, against one wall, is our firewood, a couple of full cords stacked. This winter, for the first time, we have skunk essence emanating from the garage, any time we open it. We used to have problems with squirrels but we were able to close up the problems on the backside foundation where those were coming in. The skunks I think come in from the front - the garage has shifted over the years and now the three tracked garage doors do not evenly touch the ground, but are cocked with enough space on one side of them for critters to go in.

I live within town limits that would prohibit the use of firearms as a cure.

Any ideas?

Put a dish of ammonia by the door opening, they use their noses for food source, it also works for racoons, if they are in there already it will persuade them to leave.

 

[CreakyDigger]

Put a dish of ammonia by the door opening, they use their noses for food source, it also works for racoons, if they are in there already it will persuade them to leave.

I will keep that in mind and may end up using it. Right now piss poor pop country music at a loud level seems to be working, but we can't do that forever.

 

[traveller777]

I will keep that in mind and may end up using it. Right now piss poor pop country music at a loud level seems to be working, but we can't do that forever.

You have the skunk primed with that music. Now is the time to take him a beer.

 

[Mgarlit]

Mothballs in an old nylon sock will rid areas of critters and many spiders

 

[CreakyDigger]

Mothballs in an old nylon sock will rid areas of critters and many spiders

Bought a couple of boxes....have not deployed them yet.

 

[FloodcityTom]

Skunks make a great pet if descented, smarter than a dog

 

[toco money]

moth balls

 

[augoldminer]

i had a pet skunk once, kept the neighbors dogs out of the yard and never was descented. as the neighbors found out when there dogs came home.
animal control found out and we were told we could not keep it.
so the next night i released it at the animal control office.
i hope they liked it.