Mom told of her mother finding one in the hen house. Shot it with a twelve gauge, do not do that! .I caught one in a live trap a few years ago and had to dispatch it.....from a distance. That entire area smelled for weeks.
Mom told of her mother finding one in the hen house. Shot it with a twelve gauge, do not do that! .I caught one in a live trap a few years ago and had to dispatch it.....from a distance. That entire area smelled for weeks.
Ah, you do it out of end stink.Rabies.
In NC,, the state will only test an animal if it's had a potential transfer to human contact, and a potential rabies vector.
While direct human transfer contact is low,, about 100-125 cases get tested annually here. 85% of them come back as positive.
I had to pick up a diseased skunk yesterday. It was still very much alive,, but also not capable of walking much. It was laying on it's side under a gravel bed carport area.
It also smelled as it was obviously occasionally allowing a little squirt to escape.
I was able to gently move it into a cage, getting it tucked in (tail down,) before closing the door. Then I covered it with my cage covering.
The 2 ladies there watched me,, from a distance,, as I did this. As the one lady wrote my check,, her comment was; "It was worth every penny to get you to do this,, especially watching you do it! I'm glad to know you!"
Ahh,, skunk essence,, smells like money to me!![]()
At some point the dog should learn the definition of insanity. Then again it is only a dog.Our bird dogs used to get skunked about once a season. Bird dogs can't smell much after a solid skunking. Younger Son's companion dog simply couldn't leave a skunk alone. I've seen him get sprayed multiple times and just keep going back.![]()
Dogs love to roll around in stinky things. I had a dog that had a dead woodchuck stashed somewhere close to the house. He rolled in it and jumped on the sofa with that nasty stuff all over him. I hosed him off and found out where he was going to roll in the woodchuck. I scooped it up and took it far away to dispose of it.Our bird dogs used to get skunked about once a season. Bird dogs can't smell much after a solid skunking. Younger Son's companion dog simply couldn't leave a skunk alone. I've seen him get sprayed multiple times and just keep going back.![]()