Dftodd
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My grandmothers hair dresser had a pet skunk. It was a friendly little thing. They did end up putting a hunter orange cat collar on it after one of the neighbors almost shot it.^^^ Yikes! Never knew of anyone that had a pet raccoon. :shocked:
Freaked him out when the skunk kept following him around.







Skunk had it's fogger removed and was current on it's rabies vaccination.
Of course it's illegal to do that now with out permits. But back in the 70's it was quite common to know someone who had a pet racoon or skunk in rural Vermont.
The one we had was found in one of my great grandfathers live traps. Was just a baby. So Dad and Mom took it in and raised it. But it could come and go through the fresh air vent in the trailer we lived in at the time.
We had it for about 9 months, then it found a mate and moved on. It would come and go during the day. Then dad would put a foot stool leg on top of the fresh air vent at night to keep the coon out. In the morning, they would remove the foot stool and Bandit would come in and make her rounds. Wash her paws in the dog and cats water bowl and eat her breakfast.