Well...it is 2020! Skunk removal help needed

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  • Inspector1489

    Ultimate Member
    May 27, 2016
    1,416
    FL panhandle
    We woke up this morning, Mrs. I comes back from letting the dog out..."smells like a skunk".

    Sure enough, Pepe Le Pew has managed to get his head stuck in the lattice around our deck. Head in, body out. Been scratching and clawing for hours.
    I've called animal control and DNR. Basically no help. I've called a few places, left messages.

    Looking for any help the forum can provide to get him out.
    If I can't get him removed, he'll die a slow death...not that I particularly care. If he dies before I can get someone here (it's the weekend, right? :innocent0), any tips for handling it myself?

    Pic is from my deck, above Pepe

    Damn this year stinks :lol2:
     

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    E.Shell

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    Feb 5, 2007
    10,242
    Mid-Merlind
    Trapper Trick: Make a slurry/paste of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide (neutralizes the odor), add a few drops of dish soap (cuts the oils) and rub generously over the contaminated areas/dog. Rinse with fresh water. Repeat as required.
     

    Inigoes

    Head'n for the hills
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    Dec 21, 2008
    49,359
    SoMD / West PA
    What kind of lattice?

    Wood? Should be an easy fix to know a few slats loose.

    Plastic/Vinyl? 22LR to the head.

    Whatever you do. Do not shoot it in the chest. You and the family will be hating life for the next few months. Yes, Months!
     

    Jed195

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    Oct 19, 2011
    3,901
    MD.
    What kind of lattice?

    Wood? Should be an easy fix to know a few slats loose.

    Plastic/Vinyl? 22LR to the head.

    Whatever you do. Do not shoot it in the chest. You and the family will be hating life for the next few months. Yes, Months!

    Inquiring minds want to know...why no chest shots...stink bomb?
     

    John from MD

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    May 12, 2005
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    My experience with skunks is that they can be domesticated pretty easy and they don't spray unless they feel threatened. I don't think many places allow them as pets thesed days because of their susceptibility to rabies.
     

    Jed195

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    Oct 19, 2011
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    My experience with skunks is that they can be domesticated pretty easy and they don't spray unless they feel threatened. I don't think many places allow them as pets thesed days because of their susceptibility to rabies.

    Same with raccoons...opossums on the other hand don't get rabies and scare the shit out of people that don't know there's one in the house!
     

    Inspector1489

    Ultimate Member
    May 27, 2016
    1,416
    FL panhandle
    Thanks for the suggestions.

    Sorry no pics of the little stinker...but I got him out.

    Vinyl lattice, and he was head first under the deck, maybe including front legs but I couldn't see much of him. No way to get a safe, effective shot on him by any type of weapon. My deck is close to the ground,, and that didnt allow access to his noggin.

    So,, I removed a section of lattice on the other side as an escape route, then carefully covered his "business end" with an old tarp.

    He was expressing his displeasure with my presence as I tried pushing his fat ass through the opening...no go.

    Grabbed a 10' 2x4 and broke the lattice with a couple jabs, but he's still stuck. Uncovered him and worked from the side, away from the directline of fire. He was putting up a stink as I rammed his butt through. Once freed under the deck, he waddled out of the opening like a boss, then made his way down the fence line of my neighbors yard into the back. Hoped he would keep going across the train tracks behind our property, but no. He's settled down in the overgrowth on CSX property. Neighbor said it sprayed their dog last night.

    He's gone for now, but I suspect we haven’t seen the last of him.

    Skunk spray is some nasty, potent shyt :puke2:
     

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    Inigoes

    Head'n for the hills
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    Dec 21, 2008
    49,359
    SoMD / West PA
    My brother shot a skunk broadside in the early 90s. It sprayed his trailer. Years afterward, no matter how many times the trailer was painted, the spray pattern bled thru the paint.

    It was funny, watching him with a gas mask hauling the dead skunk away. The gas mask did not filter the strong smell :lol2:

    If the wind was right, you could smell the skunk spray remnants months afterward from a quarter mile away.
     

    Inspector1489

    Ultimate Member
    May 27, 2016
    1,416
    FL panhandle
    My brother shot a skunk broadside in the early 90s. It sprayed his trailer. Years afterward, no matter how many times the trailer was painted, the spray pattern bled thru the paint.

    It was funny, watching him with a gas mask hauling the dead skunk away. The gas mask did not filter the strong smell :lol2:

    If the wind was right, you could smell the skunk spray remnants months afterward from a quarter mile away.
    Ha, great story!
    My next door neighbors may not appreciate that I'm airing out the tarp along my fence, but even funnier have been neighbors on the other side of our hood - maybe 200 yards away - saying they have smelled it.

    Like the Robin Williams story following his colonoscopy, and farting with every step as he walked toward the elevator. All he could say was "yeah....it's me!".
    That's what I've told my neighbors :lol2:
     

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