Skunk problem

[Mud Mechanik]

I seem to have a skunk problem around my house, some living underneath back deck and some constantly digging holes around the farm. Other than the obvious solution which is not always an option, does anyone know of a good way to get rid of these stinkin critters?

 

[EagleTDL]

I seem to have a skunk problem around my house, some living underneath back deck and some constantly digging holes around the farm. Other than the obvious solution which is not always an option, does anyone know of a good way to get rid of these stinkin critters?

They are hanging around because there's an ample food source, and you mention it in your post and maybe didn't know it?? When they are digging holes they are looking for grubs of one type or another. If you'll control the grubs, you'll dry up their food source and they'll move on. I had the same problem... Got a lawn care company to come and treat for the grubs, and I must admit, I tried to hurry the "move on" process along with a Gamo Whisper, with some success!

Some folks have 'em because they don't secure the dog/cat food, uneaten food in the burn pile, etc. I'd get 'em out from underneath the porch as quick as I could. The Momma's will whelp a litter and then your problem just bigger!

 

[joshuabardwell]

I seem to have a skunk problem around my house, some living underneath back deck and some constantly digging holes around the farm. Other than the obvious solution which is not always an option, does anyone know of a good way to get rid of these stinkin critters?

I have gotten skunks to leave a specific location (e.g. the back of my barn, under the porch, etc...) by tossing chunks of used cat litter in there. You know, the clumps of urine-soaked, ammonia-smelling litter that "clumping" litter creates. I don't know if it's the bad smell, or the cat smell that did it, but it got rid of 'em.

In a more general sense, like, they're all over your property, I don't know what to tell you.

 

[Grateful11]

A little off topic but I find it amazing how skunk smell can get into your house no matter how air tight it is. People can be burn stuff in the area and it doesn't get in but a skunk small sure can. We get skunked about 4 or 5 times a year. I have woke up and you can kinda taste it in your mouth, man that's bad.

 

[joshuabardwell]

What's amazing to me is how inorganic skunk smell is. It smells like burning plastic to me.

 

[Mud Mechanik]

The Gammo is working pretty well but then I have to get up close and personal with em, it seems like I'm loosing ground on the population. It must be the grubs they are after cause I don't have house pets, I'll have to look into getting rid of them first.

 

[Warrior67]

I had the same problem with skunks under the deck, a few years ago. An older guy I work told me how to get rid of them. Take a shallow dish like a pie pan. Fill it with just enough moth balls to cover the bottom of the pan. Place something absorbent like cotton balls covering the moth balls then sprink household ammonia on the absorbent material. Just enough ammonia to saturate the cotton balls but not dripping wet. Place the pan under the deck or where ever the skunks are living.

There is a chemical reaction between the ammonia and the moth balls that really puts off some fumes. My wife complained about the moth ball smell but, i asked her if she would rather have skunk smell or the moth balls. The moth ball smell does go away in a few days.

I've used this method several times and had success every time.

 

[Stick895]

Me: You ever smell moth balls?
Him: Yes, of course!
Me: How'd you get his little legs apart?

 

[MotorSeven]

I'd rather smell skunk then moth balls......yuk

 

[Mud Mechanik]

I had the same problem with skunks under the deck, a few years ago. An older guy I work told me how to get rid of them. Take a shallow dish like a pie pan. Fill it with just enough moth balls to cover the bottom of the pan. Place something absorbent like cotton balls covering the moth balls then sprink household ammonia on the absorbent material. Just enough ammonia to saturate the cotton balls but not dripping wet. Place the pan under the deck or where ever the skunks are living.

There is a chemical reaction between the ammonia and the moth balls that really puts off some fumes. My wife complained about the moth ball smell but, i asked her if she would rather have skunk smell or the moth balls. The moth ball smell does go away in a few days.

I've used this method several times and had success every time.

I just chunked a half a box of moth balls under the deck today, I'll have to try the ammonia trick if this don't work. The skunks don't spray unless provoked so they don't stink all of the time...but when they do....whew it's strong.