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t walgamuth · #16 06-11-2020, 01:27 PM

Sounds like fun!

dieseldiehard · #17 06-11-2020, 10:57 PM

I live in a city like Nate and was surprised one evening just after dusk I was watering something in the front yard and dragged the hose over the car and was hosing it down when i turned and saw a skunk headed for me with his tail fanned out nice black and white alternating bands - I've never seen one do that mind you and went into fast reaction mode as it was only about 15-20 ft from me and moving fast so I turned the hose directly on him with a long reach nozzle it caught the critter full face and he spun around and ran away.
I noticed he ran for the neighbors house up the street. My house has no access at all being rat proofed and with a sigh of relief that I didn't get sprayed I decided to move inside right away.

The next day I called the city animal control and asked if they had a trap I could set up to catch it. The gal said "oh, no we don't condone residents trapping or killing skunks because they are a protected species"

Where I grew up in Texas they are a nuisance! I remember when Grandad's dog chased a skunk and got it full face and it took weeks for that odor to go away even after they brought home a number of large cans of tomato juice, the recommended stuff used to remove skunk odor.

I've smelled a skunk again around here, maybe twice and I'm not eager to be caught off guard by one of the stinking things!
DDH

t walgamuth · #18 06-12-2020, 07:06 AM

I find it hard to imagine a skunk being a protected species anywhere in the us. They are pretty common. I suspect that official was misinformed.

oldsinner111 · #19 06-12-2020, 09:25 AM

I always pick county living,so no two property taxes.Plus need at least a acre yard,don't like drunk neighbors. Right now in yard 9:22 am 14 chipmunks,7 tree rats,can't spell sq. this morning,all eating my mix I feed.skunks patrol in early mornings,murder hornets will be wiped out by them.

t walgamuth · #20 06-12-2020, 11:19 AM

Sounds like fun!

vwnate1 · #21 06-12-2020, 11:27 AM

'fun' isn't quite the word that comes to mind here......

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t walgamuth · #22 06-12-2020, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by vwnate1

'fun' isn't quite the word that comes to mind here......

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Not you Nate....old sinner!

Mxfrank · #23 06-12-2020, 06:28 PM

It's ribbon snake mating season here. There are 100 male snakes for every female. When a female becomes gravid, she attracts suitors from miles around.

Diesel911 · #24 07-10-2020, 11:11 AM

Last week the Skunk was here at 10:30 am in broad daylight. And I has been extremely bright here. It hustled under the Cars in the drive way and then got between the fence and the bushes and hustled a cross the Street squeezed under the school yard chain link fence and disappeared behind buildings in the school years.

Last night I fed my Cats in the drive way near the front Porch (this is after 11 at night). They were happily eating and one just ran off. The other looked around and continued eating.
When that Cat left about ½ minute later the Skunk showed up and started eating. I was sitting on the porch so I just decided to let it eat.

Even though I coughed a couple of times the Skunk did not seem to notice me. When it was done eating it turned to me and started to walk to the Porch (there is a bowel of Water there), The tail went up but butt not pointed in my direction; I guess it finally noticed me.

The tail went down and it rubbed on the porch step and ambled off.

There has been a mostly White Male Cat I have been feeding for like 2 years. He took a vacation from my yard for almost a year on showing up maybe once ever 2 months. In the last 30 days he has been back nearly every day. Part of his neck under they ear was bit but healed now.

Another slightly larger Male Cat had been showing up to eat and I had started off chasing him. But, one time he showed up to eat he was eating like a dog does just wolfing down the food. Since Cats usually take their time to eat I think he was extremely hungry. So at that I decided to stop chasing him and just let him eat.

He also has bad luck. It seems like he likes to eat at jus the time I happen to want to open the Door to do something out side and he runs off and dose not come back till later or not at all.

This morning I managed to get a picture of him and his bad bite on the neck. I attached a picture. The pic was dark and I edited the pic to brighten it up a little.

This is the same Cat that I inadvertently locked up in my Motor home for 3 days. I sometimes feed my Cats in the Motor Home fortunately I had left a Bowel of water in there. Also fortunate I decided to open the Motorhome Door when I did.

Diesel911 · #25 07-10-2020, 11:31 AM

Well now the white male Cat showed up to eat. A few days ago I put food out for him and the larger Cat that I call Hairy (the one with the neck wound) showed up and ran him off; no fight.

In the pic the white Cat I call Spots had part of his left Ear bit off in a fight over a year ago. He also had a small neck wound under his right ear that as you can see healed.

Spots had a fight 6 Months ago with a Cat that looked similar to Hairy but I am not sure it was Hairy. When I go on my walks Hairy is the only Male of his size that is colored as he is so it is likely Hairy was the same one in the fight with Spots.

Hairy fights different. When I found the Hairy had bit Spots behind the shoulder and remained clamped on and twisted his body around similar to Alligator. Fortunately for Spots me showing up broke up the fight.

Fortunately the 2 smallish Female Cats (fixed) that I have learned to stay out of the way of the Males and don't show up all butchered up.

t walgamuth · #26 07-10-2020, 11:36 AM

I think it unlikely the males will attack a female even if neutered.

Diesel911 · #27 07-10-2020, 11:38 AM

In the Los Angles Hills and beyond people have moved there and about 3 times a year people have vid of Bears in their back yard (one went for a swim in the family pool) and occasionally Mountain Lions.

There is a large mostly natural foliage park in Los Angeles called Griffith Park and a few miles away there is a similar rugged area where you see that Holly Wood sign. It has been many years not but a hiker/jogger was attacked and killed by a Mountain Lion there. But, being attacked by Pit Bulls is more common then the Mountain Lion attacks.

Diesel911 · #28 07-10-2020, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I think it unlikely the males will attack a female even if neutered.

When the Males mate they essentially rape the females. The get a hold of the females neck and mount it.
The females sometimes fight back and injure the males. With any wound there is a chance for infection (said by a Veterinarian).

I have seen the Males go after my females here in the yard including the Spots. As the chase is one the male claws at the rear legs trying to catch the female and bring here down.
After a few years of that the females learned to leave the yard when a male shows up and they don't wait to see if they will be chased or not.

Spots seems to have stopped chasing the females and I have never seen Hairy do that. But Hair gives the appearance of beniging an old Cat. In fact Spots is not as energetic as he was when he first showed up.

P.C. · #29 07-10-2020, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by oldsinner111

Possum's give us coral,and rattlesnake anti venom,they don't get rabies,and eat over a 100,000 ticks a season.They also fed on mice,and rats.I had two as pets in the 80's Jim an Tammy. Yes ate one once,and groundhog. ground hog like beef.Kept wild turkey's too.Better than cloned ones.

Jim and Tammy? As in Baker?

oldsinner111 · #30 07-10-2020, 02:00 PM

yeah jim baker. In my travels I went to PTL in Charlottee
Alot good did happen there,but greed gets into everything man made.