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RE: [RC] RC: skunk solutions for the brave ;0) - Christina McCarthy

LOL...I like the firecracker Idea...then agian the vision of a truck pulling a trap with a scunk in it is pretty funny also.  I would rather have my house smell like moth balls!


Christina McCarthy


> From: ladurgin@xxxxxxx
> To: rides4fun@xxxxxxxxxxx; Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC] RC: skunk solutions for the brave ;0)
> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:20:12 -0600
>
>
> Get thee to the nearest Home depot or Feed store and get a small animal
> trap. Put some food scraps in the trap and set near the opening under the
> house. Should catch it within a day or so.
> Course, then SOMEONE has to kill it or move the trap. Maybe if there is
> any kind of animal control , they might come pick it up and release it. If
> not.........
> Weeeeeeeeeeeel , get creative. Maybe you can find a local cowboy to
> rope the trap and pull it far enough away from the house.
> Actually, attach the rope, before you set the trap....tie it to your
> trucks bumper..... when said skunk enters trap, run to the truck and get in
> and tear off down the road.....have your husband ...or a local
> hunter/cowboy ;0) lay in the bed of the truck with a large knife and
> cut the rope as you drive, thereby keeping the smell behind you. (course you
> have to sacrifice the trap.)They are only 39$ .;0)
> Method #2 --Entice local stray dog with smelly food scraps... throw
> steak under the house in dogs sight. Dog runs under house, scaring skunk
> out, --this could be somewhat smelly......
> Method #3--Probably the best idea (Im' rather beat tonight, was pulling
> down vines all day )---- GET some SMOKE BOMBS, Or for that matter bug bombs,
> they have a nice hissing sound. Throw under house and run (RUN, Forest,
> RUN)............. (or firecrackers for that matter) This too may be
> smelly.......................
>
> After skunk removal ---Make sure you close off under your house
> tightly, unless you like varmits , snakes, etc. Our house is new and has
> screens and a door, but still.........I put moth balls under it, along the
> foundation--However Don't put 5 boxes like I did...;o).........even if your
> house is new and they foamed all the holes, you will still smell the 5
> BOXES of mothballs for weeks.(but no bugs or varmits ;0) Maybe just a box
> or two ;0) --- I also put a few where I hang my horse blankets outside
> (barn still being built--and I put a tarp over them to cover thema nd dont'
> want snakes or critters to take shelter under them, surprising me one
> day)--and I put a couple under some new bushes I planted to keep mice and
> bugs and deer away..........
>
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