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Recognizing them
Skunks are easy to recognize with their bold black and white coloring. While most animals prefer camouflage, a skunk\'s distinctive coloration serves as a warning of its potent attack. Using special glands below the tail, skunks can spray their powerful scent up to 15 feet.
This scent burns an attacker\'s eyes, and causes temporary blindness. Of course, the stench is too much for most animals to bear, and serves as a strong warning against future attacks. Adult skunks grow to about 22- 30 inches and 8-12 pounds. Skunks are primarily nocturnal. Skunks are omnivores, and will feed on almost anything, including small rodents, worms, insects, grubs, carrion, fruit, garbage, and pet food left outdoors.
How to get rid of a skunk
Keeping garbage protected and covered. Large, plastic cans with tight-fitting lids are often the best for storing trash. Bags left outside for the garbage men can attract a number of food scavengers...skunks are just one type. The key to get rid of a skunk is to make sure the garbage smell isn\'t released from the can and to help make sure trash will not spill over if the can happens to get tipped by a dog, cat, and raccoon or especially skunk.
Keeping pet food covered or inside. It is never a good idea to leave food for a cat or dog outside over night. Skunks are attracted to the easy meal and they just might decide to move in for good. In addition, a host of other scavengers can decide to pay visits when food is left out. Watch out with bird feeders, too. Don\'t let the seeds fall on the ground.
Removing bugs - Skunks are natural born bug eaters. They adore things like larva and grubs. Make sure lawns are treated properly to avoid food-hunting skunks from finding an easy meal within.
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Most skunks dig their own burrows but can also use abandoned dens of other animals, hollow logs, wood or rock piles, under buildings, stone walls, hay or brush piles and trees or stumps. They will establish a territory of a few hundred acres at most. They are primarily nocturnal and usually solitary - except when mothers are raising their babies. They are active throughout the year, but in northern areas, they spend the coldest parts of the winter in their dens.
If you really want to evict the skunk, first make sure that is not winter or that they have litter. For evicting them, first take measures to discourage them from sticking around. These include removing garbage and pet food left out at night and eliminating convenient denning sites such as wood and rock piles, elevated sheds, openings under concrete slabs and porches and access to crawl spaces under houses. You may however want an alternative den somewhere not too far so the skunk moves initially there.
Then try repacking the hole the skunk is using with leaves or other material to see if it will get the message and move elsewhere. Do not fill up the hole with heavy things or materials and don\'t poke inside the den or use aggression, otherwise, beside leaving the skunk to starve, you will also get the so feared sprayed odor impregnated in your place for ages.
If the previous measures fail, place ammonia-soaked rags near or inside the burrow to one side so that the skunk has to pass them to get in and out. Make sure the skunk is not close by before taking either of these measures.
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