Any one else own a Skunk ?

[Imp]

There's a great PBS ad that has a skunk coming into the house, through the kitchen, living room, up the stairs, into a bedroom, up on the bed with a guy sleeping. Then the cameras moves out and there a pix on the nightstand of the family with their pet skunk. The words "Be more openminded" scroll across the screen.

Imp- I took care of a skunk over Christmas vacation when I was in 6th grade. Mean thing. Dad had to hold it by the tail with leather gloves while I cleaned up after it. Suppose that didn't help it's disposition much.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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Raccoons can be good pets if you have no kids an you never turn your back on them. Ours just suddenly turned on me when I was about 13 an laterally bit my thumb half off....

 

[poultrykeeper08]

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Lol. Ofcourse you can come see her . i thought of you when i was at teh auction . they had baby sulcatas there . there were selling for $75 dollars but i got there as the last one was sold . I was going to get you one cuz i knew you wanted another one .

But i cam home with a pair of sugar gliders , my skunk, a pair of hedge hogs , 17 spiny mice (like a hedghog but in a mouse form) , and a finch . had 2 but one didnt make it home

 

[redhen]

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Lol. Ofcourse you can come see her . i thought of you when i was at teh auction . they had baby sulcatas there . there were selling for $75 dollars but i got there as the last one was sold . I was going to get you one cuz i knew you wanted another one .

But i cam home with a pair of sugar gliders , my skunk, a pair of hedge hogs , 17 spiny mice (like a hedghog but in a mouse form) , and a finch . had 2 but one didnt make it home

They had Sulcatas!

Wow, you brought home a little zoo!

 

[poultrykeeper08]

ya they had all kinds of turtles and tortoises . They are having another auction in novemeber and the breeder said he will have more in the next auction . You should go .

 

[redhen]

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Road trip!!

 

[Terri]

i have a possum, she is blind, and wouldn't last out in the wild, but she dosen't know how to go to drive thru and ask for a honey bun.

 

[poultrykeeper08]

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Road trip!!

Sounds like a plan . It takes 10 hours to get there but it doesnt seem that long .

 

[lasergrl]

I was at the Mt Hope auction too, brought home a zebu bull and a ram.

I work at a vet that see exotics, and own quite a few (serval,fennec and more) I have had a skunk before.

You HAVE to get her spayed or she will be crabby crabby. Take a stool sample to the vet asap. they are prone to coccia and roundworms. If they suffer with it too long they can get rectal prolaps. Worms can be a big problem. they need wormed about as often as livestock. They just are very prone to them and the encysted roundworms hatch out often so they need to be rewormed regularly.

Mine never had a digging problem, but his litterbox habits sucked. They need a homemade diet, no dog or cat food as a main meal. I fed mainly veggies and rice with some meat or dogfood for protein but not much. Too much protein is not good for them.

They do need alot of attention. I took a 2 week vacation and when I got back my skunk was very aggressive to me, but only me! I had to find him home because his biting me was so bad I could never handle him, not really fair for him or me. This is not really the norm for skunks I guess Im just unlucky. He never bit anyone else but he did bite down to the joint in my finger once. I think it also had to do with his rectal prolapse that was resolved before I left for vacation. i had to push it back in daily with prep H and it was painfull. The surgery didnt work for him. time healed it eventually but he never forgave me.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

May I ask what kind of auctions these are?

Heaven forbid I ever attend one, I'd be up to my neck in just about everything!