jbjenson - get your BFF onto BYC!
I've been watching the skunk interchange with great interest, it's like a tennis match!! LOL
We have all kinds of stuff around us, skunk included. But the only losses, besides that one fox getting a guinea I had not realized was outside, have been to my dogs as they learned NOT to eat the chickens.
I could drive myself batty trying to kill off all the predators on my land!! But then the bunnies and ground squirrels, who I know are also around, would not have anything to check their population.
My rule of thumb is, leave it alone until it bothers the chickens (or kids, or goats, or bees, or whatever). But I'm a relative noob compared to others on this thread. I do think taking up residence in one of the outbuildings sorta counts as bothering the homestead. But I think I would try to drive it away first, if it hasn't caused any other problems.
I certainly have no problem dispatching a pest, though, when other means have proven futile.
I hope the flour thing can confirm whether your little skunk has found another home, if for no other reason than it would be a much less smelly job for you, Lalaland!!