This fucking skunk decided to jump on top of every Lettuce, spinach, Arugula and kale.
by gizmoneil
This fucking skunk decided to jump on top of every Lettuce, spinach, Arugula and kale.
by gizmoneil
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I think you should go out there and scare him away
Set out a [spring animal cage](https://ik.imagekit.io/toolbx/Norfolk/1366657_1.jpg).
I had to do it when I lived in rural Houston area. I caught a raccoon or opossum almost every night. Then you can release it yourself near a close body of water or have animal control pick it up.
Skunks are nomadic, if you leave it be it will just leave…
All I hear from him is “f u… f u… f u in particular, and f u, I’m out!” But fr though, I am so sorry to see this happen to your garden… try to put up either chicken wire or some other barricade to keep others from doing the same. At least until they are a little bigger and stronger. I hope he does leave though like other commenters said that they are nomadic. Hopefully they didn’t do too much damage…
I am very sorry about your plants but I am cracking up because this video is hysterical
How did he get in? He looks like he has trouble getting out
Animals that eat beetle grubs, including skunks, will instinctually go hard on soft garden soils in the fall. Fertilizers made from animal waste products (blood meal, bone meal, *especially* fish meal) are also very attractive to skunks, who find food primarily via scent.
Trapping skunks yourself is, to put it mildly, not a big-brain idea. You WILL get sprayed. Your responses need to focus on encouraging the skunk to go elsewhere. You can cut chicken wire “lids” for your pots for pretty cheap to create a physical barrier. That failing, coyote urine (available on Amazon!) or cayenne pepper around your pots will keep them out, but both require reapplication after a rain.
(Totally unrelated, but get the soil level higher in those pots. You are starving your plants of sunlight by setting them deep in the bucket.)
It’s part of the back and forth with nature I suppose. I’ve been lucky to only have one opossum just eat some leaves off my sweet peppers on my patio garden, but I know when I grow more delicious plants I’m going to be in trouble. Using chicken wire may work as an ugly but effective solution for me. I am curiously considering an electrified wire. If anyone has a photo of how they deal with furry invaders like this, I’d be interested in seeing some photos.
Cutie!
Oh, yeah. The wildlife gets a bit hyper this time of year either looking for food or places to stash food. (I see you, squirrels!!)
You should get a black cat with a white back and your skunk will be too occupied writing poetry and being French to destroy your garden
Ralphie recommended
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Your skunk should meet my ‘possums.
He’s innocent