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Post by coppice on Jun 11, 2011 8:00:16 GMT -5
Last night I watched the cutest little kitten skunk as it marched back to den. I'm sure I should trap him, and will regret latter that I did not. But he tickled me as he went on the march... Tail up.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2011 8:22:45 GMT -5
When the tail is up is when you should look closer. LOL.Wait till he gets bigger, you'll just looove skunks.
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Post by coppice on Jun 12, 2011 1:44:06 GMT -5
I've been living near to skunks for a while now and know what a skunks body posture is when it's aiming to squirt.
This little kitten was very proud of itself, and I'm not at all sure it knew I was there. Or he might'a took aim.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jun 12, 2011 5:10:11 GMT -5
we haven't had any skunks yet this year, last year I lost count on those we seen here
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Post by coppice on Jun 12, 2011 9:16:36 GMT -5
At the Henniker group home, I had a skunk fully trained. he wanted some of my kitchen waste, and I wouldn't deliver if he got onto shooting posture. I only had to take the slops buck indoors for a few days (and stash it in the freezer) before he was more than willing to sit nice and let me dump slops.
It seems first dibs of banana peels and left over cereal, was more important than his defence or independence.
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Post by organicbaby on Jun 13, 2011 16:38:20 GMT -5
A little while back I had a baby possum show up to help himself to catfood on the back porch. Some developer had gotten hold of the wooded area close to the house and started clearing it...I didn't have the heart to chase him away. He still comes to visit every once in a while. I can tell it's him by his scarred ear.
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Post by coppice on Aug 9, 2011 8:30:27 GMT -5
I ended the kitten-skunks hand outs of bird seed. I think s/he has moved on.
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Post by coppice on Apr 4, 2012 17:55:44 GMT -5
One other thing I'm doing here to keep the skunk babies and possum babies looking some place else is to pre-compost kitchen waste.
An inert barrel with a tightly closing lid, makes the perfect environment for soldier fly larva to get in and liquify everything that might have had some fats in it.
Once that predigested compost finaly does make out to the compost bin, visiting dogs cats, skunks, possum, just keep on trucking with their nose up at such tankage.
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Post by izzy on Apr 4, 2012 19:03:04 GMT -5
Also, Bokashi is a composting method that renders foods unpalatable to critters. It composts meats, bones, fats, and dairy in addition to the usual compost fodder. It's a popular method used in Asian countries, and has caught on in Hawaii.
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