The skunk is dead....

[Meg McKilty]

Meg, did you forget your coffee this morning?

V.

BTW, I was drinking hospital coffee at about 0400 this morning, so it might have something to do with it. That is some nasty coffee, folks.

[SadieKate]

Meg, there are times when animals must be eradicated from an environment. FlyBye’s post gave very little information about the skunk’s behavior but to her it could obviously have been sick. A skunk (or dog or cat) with rabies cannot be tolerated. None of us could see what FlyBye saw. I personally wonder that she’s had 11 serious encounters with skunks, making me think that something in her yard is an attraction for them, but I’m certainly not going to judge her for this one incidence. There is absolutely no evidence that what she did was wrong because there is not enough information.

There is respect in putting an animal out of its misery.

[Flybye]

Meg, there are times when animals must be eradicated from an environment. FlyBye’s post gave very little information about the skunk’s behavior but to her it could obviously have been sick. A skunk (or dog or cat) with rabies cannot be tolerated. None of us could see what FlyBye saw. I personally wonder that she’s had 11 serious encounters with skunks, making me think that something in her yard is an attraction for them, but I’m certainly not going to judge her for this one incidence. There is absolutely no evidence that what she did was wrong because there is not enough information.

There is respect in putting an animal out of its misery.

Just so you don't think I live amidst junk cars and in a stink-hole, the 10 encounters happened when I was in high school and we moved into a home that had been abandoned for about 8 years. The skunks, who are creatures of habit, used the area as their home - garage, outbuildings, bushes, etc. The one we shot the other day was the first I have ever had in my yard as an adult.

Snapdragen - Thanks for deleting the offending posts. They belong on another cycling site which I shall not mention.

[SadieKate]

Oh my gosh, that must have been a job to clean up.

[Flybye]

Yes, it was. The previous owners were not very clean. We stripped carpet and repainted the entire house.
I thought my parents had lost their mind when we moved out there. It was a 3000 sq ft home on almost 1 acre and they picked it up for $45,000.
They sold it last spring for $210,000.
Pretty fair profit.
They knew what they were doing the whole time.

[Zen]

Unless someone is in imminent danger and there is no other avenue, I cannot in good conscience kill a living thing no matter the degree of perceived grotesqueness or mere inconvenience to me of said thing.

[Veronica]

What do you do about ants? Flies? Aphids? Cock Roaches? Mice? Slugs?


V.

[nancielle]

Did you know that the smell can linger in your car for up to 6 months after a near proximity spraying?

Gag. Sadly, yes. Several years ago while driving home from class I encountered Skunkzilla waddling in the road. I didn't have time to stop but I was able to position the car so that I drove over it (not squashing type drive over), looked in the rearview mirror and saw it continuing to waddle on its merry way. Pat myself on the back for dodging that bullett...until the next morning when I was leaving for work. Turned the key and as the car got warmer eau de skunk got stronger. And there's nothing you can do about it. Needless to say, nobody wanted to carpool with me.