Plan Your Work - Work Your Plan

[gunDriller]

Plan Your Work

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Work Your Plan :)


I had been dealing with an over-abundance of rats by putting out 2 "Have-a-Heart" traps.

I even had been thinking that I should be careful about the larger trap, because it might catch a skunk.


DUHHHH !!!


2 nights ago I was turning off the water about midnight, because I had a feeling that the sprinkler was not working.

I noticed an animal in the trap near the faucet.

I felt something being sprayed on my left knee.

Then I realized that the animal in the trap was not a large rat.

Then there was a step-function in the amount of Skunk Smell in the air. :)


One mistake I made - washing my knee in the bathtub. Now I might have to give the bathtub the "tomato juice treatment".

The gym shorts I was wearing are in the trash.


I didn't get much sleep after that, but I did have a few hours to think about my next move.

I decided to get up at my normal time, and to find a LARGE piece of sheet plastic. I got a big piece of clear plastic garbage bag.

I also put on my Poison Oak Removal gear - plastic face shield like you wear for welding, rain-coat, pants that were covered with paint.


Little Skunkie fired away at the plastic sheet. The skunk scent, I can report, is yellow. It looks like ink from an inkjet printer. Smells more though :)


I thought about taking the trap with the live skunk down to the local police station and dropping it off in the lobby.

But I didn't think the Skunk deserved it.


I was DAMN LUCKY not to be sprayed in the face.

[ximmy]

skunk happens...

[Spectrism]

I have had skunks in traps before. If you move real slow and quietly around them, they usually don't spray.

In a SHTF scenario, a pet skunk might come in handy. I do think it would brighten the day for the cops too.

[midnight rambler]

I thought about taking the trap with the live skunk down to the local police station and dropping it off in the lobby.


I do think it would brighten the day for the cops too.

Seriously you should've shared your new friend with the donut munchers...not only do they love donuts, they love excitement nearly as much, in fact that live for both donuts and excitement. Show your appreciation - drop off your new friend along with a couple of dozen donuts.

[zap]

I have a skunk coming around every night eating the dogfood, I don't have any traps, I thought about shooting it but if I use the shotgun it'll make a big mess and the little gun...
hell I can't aim straight I'd prolly shoot my eye out !

Stupid zap won't kill it he barks and runs away, ( oh maybe smart zap.) So I opened the door a bit and threw old potatoes at it, we'll see if it comes again tonight.:)

[milehi]

Do search for the recpie to wash a dog that gets sprayed. Baking soda, peroxide and dishsoap. I can't remember the ratio right now. I've had dogs that chased the striped cat and this recipe works so well that all you smell after using it is wet dog.

Zap. Have.22 will travel.

[midnight rambler]

I have a skunk coming around every night eating the dogfood, I don't have any traps, I thought about shooting it but if I use the shotgun it'll make a big mess and the little gun...
hell I can't aim straight I'd prolly shoot my eye out !

Stupid zap won't kill it he barks and runs away, ( oh maybe smart zap.) So I opened the door a bit and threw old potatoes at it, we'll see if it comes again tonight.:)

Get a semi-auto .22 target pistol with a rail like the Ruger SR22 and mount a laser (or laser/flashlight combo) on it. Sight it in. Now you have a day/nite varmint pistol.

[Hitch]

Stupid zap won't kill it he barks and runs away, ( oh maybe smart zap.) So I opened the door a bit and threw old potatoes at it, we'll see if it comes again tonight.:)

Don't send the dog after the skunk, I made that mistake. Dog was barking at the door at night, I opened the door said "get 'em girl!" Dog runs out barking, then runs back in the house wimpering. She managed to enter every room in the house, and the house smelled like skunk for quite some time.

Poor girl, she took the spray right in the face. Plus, she was a white dog. Like gundriller said, the spray is yellow like ink. We didn't want to try the tomato juice treatment on a white dog, so we went with a skunk smell remover from the pet store.

[Large Sarge]

you might try adding some hydrogen peroxide to your bathtub, just a hunch, but I think that would work...

[Tumbleweed]

GunDriller next time you have a skunk caught and don't want to just shoot it try this. I usually just shoot them and come back later after some of the smell disapates to take them out of the traps.

Instead of a piece of plastic use a blanket and stay behind it like a bullfighter with a cape as you slowly approach the cage so the skunk doesn't see you. Lay the blanket slowly over the cage and pick it up by the handle. I'm told this works well and the skunks don't spray. The guy that was telling me about it said he carries them to a water tank and puts the cage under water until the bubbles quit coming up. No muss, no fuss and no smell.

Or you could take it to a police station, set it down, pull the blanket off and kick it. ;-)