Friday, September 7, 2012
Skunks in an Unlikely Spot
So a few weeks ago in mid June, my father put a live trap in our lawn mower shed to get rid of our woodchuck. He baited the trap with peanut butter spread on apples cause apparently that's what they like to eat -- this coming from my uncle. Anyways, in the morning he checked and noticed that the cage had been sprung, but not enough to trap anything. Later that same evening, he checks in again. Suddenly he jumps back and says, "I think I've got 2 skunks in there" My mom of course glances over and says, "I believe there's more than 2 skunks" So she calls my brother and I out of the house to check out the find. Sure enough, there's a ton of baby skunks crawling all around Mama skunk. She wouldn't have been able to spray us anyways, so we lucked out on that. While Dad is figuring out how to get rid of the skunks, Mom is snapping pictures and laughing cause they're just so adorable. Mama skunk was giving us the stink eye (pun intended). Dad just threw 2 towels over the cage and used a metal bar to lift it onto his trailer. All 4 of us piled into the van so we could relocate the skunks to my uncle's woods. Dad decided we should stop at the neighbors to see if he would volunteer to release them. He opted against it, but decided he and his girlfriend should come and watch. We made our slow way to the woods, the poor little 'uns were bouncing all the way. Dad took the towels off and put the trap by the trail leading into the woods. Mama sprung out the cage very quickly. Soon the little ones were following Mama, but only after some assistance. We counted EIGHT! Yes, eight baby skunks. Apparently some skunks can have up to a dozen little skunks. We were about to leave when four little ones decided that they wanted to come home with us. They were crawling under the trailer and up on the wheel rims. Mom's on the ground shouting "Okay, go, go, go" "No, stop, wait, wait" "Okay, go" Oh they were so cute. Above is a picture of just one baby next to a regular Cool Whip container for comparison. And if anyone is wondering, there is plenty of underbrush in the woods for them to live in, and a small creek runs through the woods.
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I remember when this happened, you sent me an email :)
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