Is there anything I can do about this skunk? (foundation, smells, removal)

[FreshFresh]

Late at night I smell skunk, I assume because some skunk sprays around my house. What can I do? It smells terrible.

[Cinebar]

If last night was the first time you smelled it, and you don't smell it again, it was likely just a little polecat passing through.

While I'm not crazy about the smell myself, I am happy to co-exist with my wild neighbors (unless they do damage, like kill my own animals).

So, my advice? Enjoy the wildlife around you. Co-exist with your wild neighbors. A little occasional skunk smell won't kill you.

[FreshFresh]

It happens all the time. Its been going on for like 2 years.

[Cinebar]

Originally Posted by FreshFresh

It happens all the time. Its been going on for like 2 years.

Well, if you think it's a problem that you can't live with, you could trap and relocate (which is what I would do - and what I did when I had one getting into my chicken coop).

I'm sure there will be others who will suggest more lethal methods, but the way I figure it, unless it is being deliberately destructive, that skunk has as much right to live its life as you do.

Are you near water? Like a creek? If so, you will likely always have this problem. Get rid of one skunk and there will probably be many more to take its place.

You can do a few basic things, like make sure you don't leave cat or dog food or other sources of food out, but if your neighbors don't also take those precautions, it probably won't make much difference.

[BirdieBelle]

Have you checked around the foundation to see if a skunk has been getting in under your house or maybe a deck or porch?

Wildlife is nice until it sprays your dog right in the face and then the dog comes running into the house.

We have tons of animals come through our property here (skunks, possum, deer, foxes, a coyote, snapping turtles plus the usual furry woodland rodents). When the skunks move in and have babies under your house, which happened to my next-door neighbor last year, it's time to call a "critter-getter" wildlife removal specialist to trap and remove them.

You definitely don't want the skunk to spray your outdoor compressor and draw the odor all throughout your house.