What Should You do if a Skunk is Under Your Shed?
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2020
- Worried about a skunk under your shed? Here's some tips on what you can do! You can also get great tips on humane ways to get wildlife to move or just how to let them be on torontowildlifecentre.com. You can email me questions at dlewis@clarkcountyparks.org. Thanks for viewing!
If you ever saw a yard dug up by skunks to go for grubs you'll change your mind about damage .
Exactly! Mine looks like land mines hit it. We get a ton of skunks
Those grubs they are eating will kill your grass anyway 🤷🏼♀️
Very true. I thought I had a gopher digging holes in my garden. Turns out it was Pepe Le Pew.
I have a few in my yard and they just are the coolest. I sit on my patio and they come by and watch me . They are so cool. Cute as heck too. Between them and the racoons and the possums and wild kittys is a great show. I love it.
I've watched about 10 videos on the subject and this is the best one. Thanks!!!
Humane harassment, I love it! A number of years ago our dog was sprayed, what a mess! Recently we had a mother with babies under our shed. Fortunately we no longer have any pets but we were still concerned since we found a dead skunk in the yard with a frothy mouth, yikes! I did some research and learned all the things you reviewed. We were patient and they have moved on. Thanks for the good advice. 😊
maybe we can just text them and ask them politely to get out !
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And offer them a cool beer ❤
Maybe you could politely go screw yourself. Maybe think about taking time out of your life to make a educational video for everyone. Hopefully you don't get some mental midget making comments about your video.
I’m not concerned with conserving our skunks however now that you mention it setting up speakers with mega Death on auto play halogen lights and Jack Daniel’s . Great video .
Thanks. What a nice person you are.
What a great video. Thank you for making it. I will try the smells and the noise to get her to move. I pray that works.
What a wonderful little video! We very much appreciate your positive view on how to convince our little neighbors to find a different home...one just not under our feet. Thank you.
I was annoyed as heck to have my mobile home fill with skunk stink at around 4 AM. Still have windows open in September. It is my own fault, I keep a compost area going across from me, on the edge of a wooded area, and I leave my skirting loose to access garden supplies that I keep under my mobile home. I think I have multiple skunks hanging around. One got stuck in my recycling bin, which is stored side by side with another bin, under a plastic bench. Got itself in, but could not get out, no clearance. I managed to reach out with a baseball bat, to shift the bin so it could get out, which it did. There is also an albino skunk hanging around. I was thinking of putting my leaf blower underneath, and letting it run, in hopes that the noise and dust would aggrevate any skunks enough, that they would vacate. What time of day/night, would be good to experiment?
I have a skunk living on the side of my house. Probably under the shed. If I put cayenne pepper out there will that cause it to leave and abandon the babies assuming she has them under the shed?
Excellent advice and great ideas. Talk show noise is much better than heavy metal :) I have to repair the area one has damaged under my garage and it's mating season so I have to act quickly. Thanks for your humane approach to these little guys.
Thanks for this great information. Yes the skunks and all the little critters in the world we're here first and I hate hurting them but so thank you I will try your little tricks. Actually I think skunks are kind of cool looking
What about when it’s under your house and the smell is constantly coming into your home. How do you get rid of them?
Thank you for the best, most humane and practical tips on skunk removal ever!
Very thorough video👏🏻
Thank you so much
IF i do nothing when and were will they go ?
Will they hurt the cats?
They're my favorite too. I'm here after my dog got sprayed 🦨. I don't want to get rid it or them, just wanted to watch the video. I love your video 💚
Did it stink up your hole house I thank my dog got sprayed and it’s horrible
@@blakecollins7297 it's sure did. I also accidently dyed my Black Malamute, Brown. 😂.
Peroxide from the solution I used to take away the stench.
He still has patches of brown.
Lol
@@m_d_l_a3208 I heard many times that tomato juice takes away the smell
@@fayetorma5198 it definitely helps
(I've bathed in tomato juice) 😏
Thank you
If you want to get rid of skunks around your back door or porch try this. My security cameras were showing two skunks coming around my back door every night. I decided to try this method I read about on line. Mix up one raw egg and put 6-7 adult strength aspirins (that have been dissolved in a tablespoon of water) Add the dissolved aspirin to the raw eggs. Stir in well. I set the bowl of raw eggs and aspirin outside by my door. I set a bowl out two nights in a row. Each night the two skunks ate the eggs and aspirin. When they eat this egg mixture it will cause internal bleeding and they will go off somewhere and die! After they ate this egg mixture I haven’t seen the skunks around my door in two months! Hopefully they went away and died! Some may say this is a mean way to get rid of skunks. I feel like it’s more humane than shooting them. Besides firing a gun in the city limits will get you arrested!😮
Yeah, but baby skunk orphan ghosts will haunt you until the end of time
Do they leave after they have there babies ?
Do skunks ever leave gifts, like some birds do?
There was a rock (2.5"?) on my back step this morning. It rained just before dark last night, so the step was clear at that time.
I've had shoes go missing off the back step a few times, but read that foxes run off with shoes.
Do all skunks spray? These have only been coming around a couple of months or so, but I have never smelled skunk odor.
I don't know if there is anything cuter than a tiny skunks. Such fancy creatures! ❤
what's a grub?
What if it’s a male under the deck? I had two fighting for the territory and the victor is now moving in to my hibernating groundhog’s den… I’m cool with him living under there UNLESS it’s a threat to my groundhog friend I’ve had for a few years…
Skunks don't like to spray so they'll not spray if given the choice. So as long as you don't startle them and even if you do startled them if you quietly just back away they will not spray. They would rather run away from you. So just better to leave them alone everything she says is so true
I am so glad I came across your video. I was actually looking for a trap to move the skunk away from my house. I am a lot more comfortable with your approach. My property is defined by laws that are decided by humans. Why do they have to comply to that?
I found myself face to face with "my" skunk the other night. I stayed calm and still. She went her way. I just have to train my family to behave like that., which was my concern.
Thank you for this great information!
I just gave mine a cupcake😂🎉❤
My problem is my dog cannot go in the yard at night to do her last pee of the day… and she barks at the skunk…
but it is smells so bad you can't live in the house, something has to be done.
We got one underneath of our house
a rock tied inside a cloth saturated with cheap aftershave, perfume or something equally smelly. We threw a few in the hole, also put speakers playing alternative music, speakers facing down for the darlings to listen to all day, we both work. Took longer to get the stink out of the laundry room
😢 I thank you for the information I am about tired of this skunk being in my shed
My dog has been spray twice in a week they need to go
Mine is a male and likes to spray daily for territory. Horrible!!
Spray daily? You must have a fox or other animal. Skunks use spray as a last resort - It is a common misconception that skunks spray all the time. They actually only use their spray as a last resort when they feel they have exhausted all of their other defense mechanisms. A skunk only holds about 4 tablespoons of its noxious fluid, and it can take several days to replenish, leaving it vulnerable.
👍thank you
Very practical advice for what I am currently experiencing. I have dogs and I'm terrified of having a stinky, skunk sprayed dog.
Very thoughtful and informative video.
Almost watched it to the end, but I've got to go buy a bow and arrow.
I hope you had a change of heart, because if you didn't, you would have had to deal with orphaned skunk kits.
And that kind of response resorting to violence is why the entire human species is a monster and we’ll go extinct.
I live in a rural area where there is lots of nearby habitat and have a fenced in yard, and every now and then a skunk or two will get in the yard. What I do is use a howler coyote call to let the skunks know that this is not a good place to camp. I will also buy coyote urine from a sporting goods shop and spread that around the yard.
But my dog can’t go out and pee without chasing the skunk and he gets sprayed OMG
What about Pine-Sol?
I have 7 baby’s and mom under my shed. I have mesh under there porch and now there’s a mouse to under my wood pile once the skunk 🦨 moved in the mice follows err the skunks are cute but I don’t want them here lol
I have mom and 5 babies. One is white with black stripe on its tail soooo cool. I've tried putting a radio by the den, making noise and different smelly things. Still there. Sigh.
I finally found a good use for Rush Limbaugh.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Or that orange “political” figure may work even better!
NEAT vids. Not need. Pissed off YT and it won't let me edit it. Must be the ref to catapults... 🙈
The best video -- are you crazy my 3 dogs got sprayed 2x in 5 days you tell me how too deal with that ????????????
I rather have a lion in my yard or a 10 ft python or raccoons or Possums etc……deer - Bear etc ….
Agreed.
The skunk in a burrow under my tree is welcome he's keeping the rabbits out. Although my dog got sprayed today for sticking his nose in the wrong place😮😊 poor guy , I hope he won't do that again.
Apple cider soaked rag does not work! She not only did not leave with her babies that walk very well, she invited her ground hog boyfriend to come stay as well, !!!!
My security cameras at my back door showed two skunks coming every night sniffing around for cat food. I read on line you could whip up one raw egg and mix in 6-7 adult strength aspirins in 1 teaspoon of water and mix n the raw egg. I set it out two nights in a row. The skunks came and ate the egg mixture two nights. I haven’t seen the skunks now in two months! The aspirin causes them to bleed internally and they go off somewhere and die! It may sound cruel but not as cruel as shooting them.
Try original vinegar...
@Marty Spence Great idea because skunks are the absolute worse...
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I feed mine❤❤
Will moth balls work?
Good comments. You did say “do nothing” way too many times (redundant redundant redundant)... I get it. However your other points were great. Thanks!
I came out. Of house an had 1 baby on front lawn an 1 on back lawn
Prepare your grill for a good ol' Alabama steak
Skunks are predatory. You don't care after they take out a few of your chickens, you just dont care about cute and fuzzy....
I clicked on the wrong video rules #1 do nothing lmfao
Cayenne pepper is the best. ❤
I would call dead chickens, ravaged eggs and chewed extension cords…damage
Peppy LA Pue at least had a personally that would love you and not spray you walking through your yard . They just multiply
Incorrect. They cause foundation issues and tear up landscape very badly. They build holes the size of footballs trying to get under the house or shed and also they cause your carpet and drywall to stink to high hell. Unless you like all of that relocate them. Our neighborhood has become ridiculous here in Calif and the skunk population is over bearing My entire yard is torn up from skunks. Thh he sY can dig 4 ft down and 20ft long. We found a wholecc C immunity under our railroad ties just to get into my ahead after I skunk proofed it $66,000 insurance claim in 2016 on my home from a skunk tha sprayed who must have been poisoned because even claim adjuster and remediation company said the toxic smell made throat and tongue burn Skunks suck
How about antifreeze?
Anti-freeze consumption is a horrible way to die. It's not their fault you moved into their domain.
Follow some of the other recommendations if you can't live with them.
It's almost 1am and my dog was just sprayed in the face. Rule #1 is not an option
Hmmmm they wake you up at night 😢😢
What the hell did I just watch? I want these things out from underneath my damn house!!!!!
The smell is vile and nauseating. It wakes me up at night out of a deep sleep. Regular sleep disruption, and a reeking house is not acceptable for six months out of the year.
I think I’ll look into some other means.
Just don't crawl under your dhed.
I once trapped and drowned a skunk in a tub of water. That was a little messy and takes too much time. Then they just come back again. So I'll try the more humane methods first. Then if anyone complains about my methods, I might invite them to spend the night in my house first at skunk time.
Stupidity is not the answer.
Your favorite until they mess up your yard.
Ignorant -----
@@CCPDOHIO1977
I live in new england and just had an uninvited skunk move under my shed. It's mid July and we just went through a couple weeks of a whole lot of rain. I do have a lot grubs and ants in my yard, so I'm considering leaving the skunk alone but my fear is, if it has babies, will I have to deal with more next year?
Or having to constantly be afraid my dogs will get sprayed 😂😂
I'd just rather shoot them but i live in a trailer park so that's not an option. They are living under my shed and maybe the trailer itself.. I've seen two adults around and always got to be on guard letting my dog out after dark to do her business. Home depot has a repellent spray they sell. Going to spray that under and all around the shed. Hopefully it works.
Marry me?
I am so glad I saw this video before doing anything I might regret 🦨