Skunk posse

[elizilla]

This is a thing that happened this summer. Skunks came to eat Carmello’s food, and my pet cam caught them.

https://youtu.be/QReAWxPL2Gg

Sorry I am slow to post. This happened a few days before my mom died, it’s been hectic.

More background…. The camera saved a dozen clips showing the skunks, and I only uploaded the best one. I am guessing they are a litter of juveniles. We did not smell the skunks at the time. I guess they felt safe here. And we have not seen them again, either in person or on camera. But we talked to a guy who lives several blocks from us, who said he saw this mob there, that same week.

Two nights ago, someone nearby must have got sprayed and we ended up closing the house due to eye watering skunk smell wafting in. It was gone by morning and we have not heard anything from anyone around here. Maybe one of them got run over and the city cleaned it up?

Comments

Skonky-Skonks...

[the_rigger]

I've got a skunk (or maybe two? I'm not gonna get close enough to tell how many) living part-time under my back deck, and most of the time it's pretty uneventful out there. I think the skunk(s) time-share between my back yard and the neighbors' vegetable gardens. It/he/she/they? tried moving into the woodchuck burrow underneath my bike shed, but the woodchucks took severe umbrage at that maneuver (as you might expect), which resulted in me having to move into a local hotel for a week or so 'til the after-effects of the chemical warfare cleared up.

-R
(not a fan of skunks, me...)

Re: Skonky-Skonks...

[elizilla]

Skunks are amazingly cute. I once got to pet a de-scented skunk that was kept as a pet. They can be pretty docile. I still don’t want any.

Re: Skonky-Skonks...

[the_rigger]

"Cute" is a pretty subjective term, I think. The ones here seem pretty mellow (unless you happen to be a woodchuck that doesn't wish to share accomodations, apparently), but I'd still prefer it if they'd just mosey on over to the golf course and hang out there – the golfers who rip through my neighborhood at 70mph to get to the clubhouse deserve nothing less than a good skunking.

-R
(skunking my back yard once was more than enough, thanks...)