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Originally Posted by Dead Parrot

If the babies are already being taken out and shown the ropes, the family will probably move out soon. Might see if the local farm and country supply store has some skunk/varmint repellent.

Does sound like you now have a new 'seal the foundation' project for later this summer.

Agree with this. They'll be gone soon. Close things up better before someone is looking for a winter hibernation spot.

We used to have a lot of skunks around. For the past few years, they're very scarce. They come and go in cycles, it seems. One decade they're very numerous, and the next decade, you hardly see them.

Skunks have never been high on the "kill list" for us. Occasionally one gets a taste for fresh eggs from the chicken house, and it needs to be disposed of or relocated. For the most part, they're foraging for food that we want gone anyway.

I can understand that dogs and skunks don't get along too well, but that's mostly the fault of the dog. I've watched countless interactions between cows and skunks. It's quite something to see a whole family of skunks cross the lane near the milking parlor, weaving their way through a forest of cow legs.