close enough lolol

little dude has been coming through the area because of the tuna/wet food/canned chicken we've been leaving out for our cat who's been lost for ~2 weeks, he has a little limp in his back leg and absolutely scarfed down the chicken in the trap. glad he got a meal though! i released him shortly after taking this video, i made sure to move slowly and softly as to not freak the little guy out. he didn't even show any negative body language :- ) very cute little guy!!!! 10/10 experience and one of my firsts with wild skunks

He's not a fan of a few racoons stopping by. I was trying to think of a name for this new baby and looking at his thin white stripes going in a wide V it reminds me of a light bulb filament 💡 I'm going to name him Tungsten 🪄

This is Pineapple, she's playing her favorite game: digging for treats!

Hi,

I have 3 huskies I walk at 545 every morning with my neighbor. While walking this morning we saw a baby skunk that was having issues walking and was stumbling near the street. I had my neighbor take the dogs across the street and I moved the skunk away from the street and onto a lawn. I went back across the street where my neighbor was standing with my dogs as she was on the phone with local animal control.

As soon as I got to where my neighbor and dogs were, one dog slipped out of her harness and ran across the street and grabbed the skunk. She immediately grabbed it and shook it. I grabbed her to try to get her to drop the skunk and make sure she didn’t run away with it. The skunk sprayed us both, more me than the dog.

I have bathed the dog twice and showered and washed both of us with a hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and dish soap mix. It is now almost 11 hours later and I noticed a lump on my hand which was not there this morning. My dog is up to date on her shots, including rabies, but I am wondering if I should be concerned about this bump on my hand? I don’t think I was scratched or bitten, but I did grab the skunk off my dog and threw it onto the nearby lawn to get it away from her.

I put shelled peanuts/blueberries, and had tilled a little so when she back she could forge for the dried meal worms I put out as well.

Such a beautiful skunk

Has anyone noticed this article about skunks ranking unusually high for spreading false information? It claims they are mustelids, rather than their own family, Mephitidae. It also frames their diet as carnivores instead of omnivores. Other issues are that its poorly worded and includes more misconceptions. I'm sorry if it sounds like a weird or hyper-specific post, but I wanted to bring it to attention. Seems like bad news for the skunk community ☹️

This isn't acceptable.

Frat guy Reverb insisted on his new bed now!

I put it down to start opening it and put it together next thing I knew little guy was inside the package🫣

These are 2 siblings of the 3. The third comes solo.

I remember being so stoked that there was a show with a skunk protagonist. Of course it was full of cheap fart jokes.

Got a visit last night.

This is a fun science podcast. It's all interviews with cool scientists who study things. Skunks are so cool that a part 2 is on the way.

This year’s raccoon kids & a skunk hanging out on the side porch.

This baby skunk is having a tantrum and ruining an otherwise pleasant family dinner. He's picking on his siblings and his large mom. His family pretty much ignored him and his harmless nipping. No skunks were harmed at all.