Subject: RE: [RC] RC: skunk solutions for
the brave ;0)
LOL...I like the firecracker Idea...then agian the vision of a
truck pulling a trap with a scunk in it is pretty funny also. I would
rather have my house smell like moth
balls!
Christina McCarthy
> From: ladurgin@xxxxxxx > To:
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Subject: [RC] RC: skunk solutions for the brave ;0) > Date: Sat, 23 Dec
2006 22:20:12 -0600 > > > Get thee to the nearest Home
depot or Feed store and get a small animal > trap. Put some food scraps
in the trap and set near the opening under the > house. Should catch it
within a day or so. > Course, then SOMEONE has to kill it or move the
trap. Maybe if there is > any kind of animal control , they might come
pick it up and release it. If > not......... > Weeeeeeeeeeeel ,
get creative. Maybe you can find a local cowboy to > rope the trap and
pull it far enough away from the house. > Actually, attach the rope,
before you set the trap....tie it to your > trucks bumper..... when
said skunk enters trap, run to the truck and get in > and tear off down
the road.....have your husband ...or a local > hunter/cowboy ;0) lay in
the bed of the truck with a large knife and > cut the rope as you
drive, thereby keeping the smell behind you. (course you > have to
sacrifice the trap.)They are only 39$ .;0) > Method #2 --Entice local
stray dog with smelly food scraps... throw > steak under the house in
dogs sight. Dog runs under house, scaring skunk > out, --this could be
somewhat smelly...... > Method #3--Probably the best idea (Im' rather
beat tonight, was pulling > down vines all day )---- GET some SMOKE
BOMBS, Or for that matter bug bombs, > they have a nice hissing sound.
Throw under house and run (RUN, Forest, > RUN)............. (or
firecrackers for that matter) This too may be >
smelly....................... > > After skunk removal ---Make
sure you close off under your house > tightly, unless you like varmits
, snakes, etc. Our house is new and has > screens and a door, but
still.........I put moth balls under it, along the >
foundation--However Don't put 5 boxes like I did...;o).........even if your
> house is new and they foamed all the holes, you will still smell the
5 > BOXES of mothballs for weeks.(but no bugs or varmits ;0) Maybe just
a box > or two ;0) --- I also put a few where I hang my horse blankets
outside > (barn still being built--and I put a tarp over them to cover
thema nd dont' > want snakes or critters to take shelter under them,
surprising me one > day)--and I put a couple under some new bushes I
planted to keep mice and > bugs and deer away.......... >
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