I'm going to call the conservation office today to see if they know anyone who has a skunk trap. I understand they work pretty well to confine the skunk and keep it from spraying the catcher.
I'm hesitant to rehome her/him because I don't want to cause problems for someone else, and most people on this list have indicated that it is also a problem for the territory requirements of both the moved animal and the ones in the area where it is moved.
Well, I just called the vet, and she suggested calling animal control via the county sheriff's office. The AC guy said he would come out with a trap later today and set it for us and then pick up the occupant when it caught something. I'll let you'all know if it works.
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So does that mean you now have 6 Daniel Boone hats?
Hahahahahaha!
I started thinking about what a person could do to at least get a handle on something before it turned into a massacre. I have a baby monitor in my coop, turned down really low on the receiver next to my bed. Only once has there been enough noise out of my home flock to wake me, and that was when I had somehow forgotten to close the pop door one night.
It dropped the bird and ran when I came screaming out into the pitch black yard like a banshee.
You could also use those loud burglar alarms that go off when the two piece are separated- they're made for windows, but you could put them on strings so if something messes with your coop, they get tripped and the decibels start screaming out of the thing. They're cheap at the dollar store here.
I would definitely think you guys are going to have a persistent barrage of these monsters (albeit cute, and I love them when they aren't trying to eat my chickens!) even if you trap a zillion. Hopefully your pens are now raccoon-proof so you can sleep!
Sharol, sorry about the skunk. We have one that hangs out around here, but it's never gotten our dogs. I hear they love wet cat food, for the trap.
