Things You Wish You Would Have Known?

[Coop de Grass]

What do skunks actually smell like? Is it a pooey smell, or???

Wow! Someone who doesn't know what a skunk smells like! Hard to describe. Really bad when it has sprayed your cat. Then you have a stinky squirming cat that you have to give a bath, Some people say to use tomato juice. I tried it the only time my cat met a skunk. Can't say if it works better or not

Funny thing is, if you're not too close, it isn't that bad!

 

[User395221]

Do they always smell bad, or only when they do that squirting thing?

 

[AllynTal]

How on earth could someone who had ever smelled either one confuse those 2?

That was our question too.

Well, there are some varieties that do smell rather ....funky skunkish, but my question is, how would they be that close to the building to smell it in the first place in order to get the search warrant to raid you? Maybe it's different in Canada, but here they have to have probable cause in order to get the search warrant. To say they smelled it suggests they were on the property before the warrant was issued.

My husband was raided once before we were married. They even brought a helicopter and hovered it over the adjoining field and woods looking for a crop. There was no crop. Someone who had a beef against him called in a "tip" that he was growing and the cops mounted a raid with no other evidence, but the anonymous tip was enough to get a search warrant.

 

[islandgirl82]

What do skunks actually smell like? Is it a pooey smell, or???

Hard to describe. I don't find a faint skunk smell all that unpleasant, but up close it's eye watering. Perhaps some sulphur overtones?

When faint, it reminds me of roasting coffee beans.

 

[islandgirl82]

Do they always smell bad, or only when they do that squirting thing?

They probably do smell always but not like that or as strong. I don't know anyone who would dare to get close enough to one to really find out.

 

[User395221]

I don't know anyone who would dare to get close enough to one to really find out.

I think they are really sweet-looking animals. It's a shame about the stinky thing.

 

[islandgirl82]

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Sweet looking maybe....until they split your rabbit's chest cavity open to eat one organ and leave the rest, or get into you barn and go after your full grown chickens and ducks. They can be quite vicious.

 

[BackyardFlock17]

When I got my flock I wish I had known that chicks like to perch on things. One morning I went to check on the chicks and found one outside their enclosure, shivering. Later that day I saw the same chick jump onto the rim of the enclosure and almost fall over.

Lesson learned- put a lid on the enclosure.

 

[User395221]

They can be quite vicious.

oh sure, I know they aren't "nice" and that they are wild animals. It's just that they look "nice". A bit like bears. They look "nice" (particularly pandas) but could knock your head off with one swipe.

 

[Jensownzoo]

What do skunks actually smell like?  Is it a pooey smell, or??? 

It must smell different to different people. Even a faint skunk odor reminds me of burning tires.

They actually make decent pets if tamed while young and the scent glands are removed. A bit like a cat, as I understand.