I think the skunk made it out the skunk stairs sometime during the night I set it up. I lined the egress with a metric crap ton of critter ridder, chlorine and ammonia + closed up the burrow the morning after the stairs went up and it hadn't opened up again by today so I am cautiously optimistic.
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Originally Posted by Wormius
Need to start a Skunk Cam. We are all very curious on how the skunk is doing. By the way, is it possible that the skunk is pregnant and not interested in coming out?
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I did order a night vision security camera to track progress for this, but doesn't look like it'll get here in time. Should have paid for Amazon Prime.
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Originally Posted by Machiavelli
Oh man, I really want that skunk to make it. 3 days is a long time, but enough to die from dehydration? Can you put a bit of water down there, at least?
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I water the lawn there daily so hopefully he was picking up a lot of the water going down the egress.
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Originally Posted by puffnstuff
What are the chances this skunk has found his winter home? Or at least thinks it has. You need to make it more uncomfortable for the skunk to stay there without making it spray. Bright lights on in the basement all the time, maybe some music or something being played right at the window. Have you tried the sardine thing? They should be able to smell them, I'd chuck a couple over into my neighbours yard or under his deck...jk...maybe.
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Really didn't want the thing to burrow deeper than he/she already did, but didn't want to kill it. Which is why I flooded the egress with as much noxious fumes like chlorine and ammonia + critter ridder. I also kept on shining a super bright flashlight into the burrow so it would wake it up all the time.
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Originally Posted by rain_e
When will you building the escalator or elevator?
Also are wooden window wells common? I've never seen this before.
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Not sure about the wooden window well. It's a new build so that's what the builder gave me and it's all PT. Am probably going to raise it if I can and paint it some more because I am worried about rot.