Skunk!

[heep223]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

back when i was in high school and still living at home, we had a family of skunks move in under our front steps

my dad waited until late at night (skunks would be asleep) and dug out a larger area at the access hole. he put a pipe in the hole and then put in chicken wire and 'back-filled' the hole (for lack of a better term). then attached the pipe to the exhaust pipe on his vehicle. started up the van and waited. you could hear the skunks trying to get out, but the chicken wire kept them under the stairs. eventually it got quiet and my dad got them out and took them up a logging road

i don't think a skunk will spray in it's 'house' (or whatever it's called... den maybe?)... but don't quote me on that

This is ..... terrible. I guess I am soft.

We had a skunk dig a den in our window well once late in the summer. I just filled the hole with crushed gravel when the skunk left. For some reason that worked.

[bc-chris]

Originally Posted by heep223

This is ..... terrible. I guess I am soft.

We had a skunk dig a den in our window well once late in the summer. I just filled the hole with crushed gravel when the skunk left. For some reason that worked.

ours were 'determined' to live under the steps

my dad had filled in the hole a couple times only to have it dug out

after our dog got sprayed the second time he had had enough

[Dentoman]

Originally Posted by Suzles

There is a company in Calgary called Calgary Wildlife Control (calgarywildlifecontrol.ca) who removes skunks and fits a one way door so they can get out but not return to their den. I highly recommend them. We have a skunk living under our front steps (for a couple of years). She has never smelt - never - and has given us endless hours of amusement watching her on the wildlife camera we installed.

Know of people that used this company as well. No problems.

[Iggy_12]

What part of the city are skunks most seen? Im in the NW and never seen one in my life. Now im nervous

[northcrunk]

We have a ton of them in Chestermere. There is one that hangs out on my block. He's pretty chilled out. We've become buddies over the past couple years and he will come and sit on my deck with me if I'm having a smoke. As long as the dogs don't see him he wont spray and reminds me of a cat.

They are smart buggers. My neighbours tried catching some last summer and they wouldn't go anywhere near the traps no matter what tasty treat they left in them.

[Fuzz]

I bike to work from Queens Park Cemetery to downtown. I often smell them on that route. I've only seen one, a month ago in Highwood. So you will smell them a lot more than see them.

[Dentoman]

Originally Posted by Iggy_12

What part of the city are skunks most seen? Im in the NW and never seen one in my life. Now im nervous

Lots in Royal Oak. They are very docile creatures, only spray when frightened or cornered. I came across one the side of my house one night about 2 weeks ago. It just scurried away, no spraying. We both went our separate ways.

I got sprayed by one when I was a kid .... I can smell a skunk before any one else!!

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by Iggy_12

What part of the city are skunks most seen? Im in the NW and never seen one in my life. Now im nervous

In Coventry Hills they've been pretty bad in recent years. My dog got sprayed on a morning walk before work about 5 years ago. Will never be able to forget the smell of being 20 feet away from a fresh spray.

We'll see them on our evening walks doing their thing in the streets and on people's lawns. If you stay away, they don't bother you but you better believe we book it in the other direction.

Haven't seen any yet this year, but smelled one nearby last week.

[BOSSY]

Lot's in Rocky Ridge...