hey everyone i am interested in getting a skunk and was wondering if you could post some pics of cage in which a skunk sleeps along with the measurements and an outline of their diet and how often they are feed a day and roughly how much they cost thanx everyone

My girl sleeps in a nero4 rabbit cage whilst we aren't home, its about 4x2x2, in there she has a cat bed a few dog toys and her food bowl.... the most important thing in the cage it seems though is her litter tray, they poo like you wouldn't believe!!! and i dont really put substrate down as it confuses her and makes her think the cage is the litter tray. obviously when im home she is running around the entire house playing with the dogs like a giant pom pom with legs.

as for diet, it should be roughly 70-75% veg and fruit. my girl prefers dark greens, spinach, cabbage, pak choi, butternut squash, boiled potato, swede, carrots, broccolli, corguette (if thats how it is spelled? bloody french). she also likes the occasional bit of pasta about 2/3 of a handful mixed in with the veg. fruits.... she is absolutely mental about mango, which we give her when she isnt being a sod. she is also fond of banana (in moderation) pear, satsuma (the odd segment as a treat), star fruit, dragon fruit but a variety is nice and nothing TOO acidic. i tend to make the fruit element about 10% of this side of the diet.

protein - i feed my girl either a steamed chicken breast (less fatty) or a tuna steak with olive oil (available from asdas finest range, reasonable at £1 lol) per day in the evening as she is extremely active then and this gives her a chance to burn it off. they also go absolutely mental for eggs, and some say they should only have one a week, i go with that too, although sometimes she gets 2 a week in error. she prefers duck eggs to chicken eggs but anything goes.

supplementation - i give my girl 3 yoghurts per week. low fat of course. into this treat i stick one crushed up farleys rusk for calcium and some bugs like crickets and mealworms. this tends to be the only way to get my girl to eat them.

hope thats been useful, but do bear in mind thats just how i feed mine, its not gospel to how you should feed yours, every skunk has a diferent character and will like different foods but remember in the wild they rummage through bins and generally live on a diet of used condoms and dirty nappies. as long as you feed them well, they will live long and happy lives.

if anyone wants to know what i personally eat.... super noodles. once the skunk is fed i cannot aford my own food

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forgot to mention, kits require feeding x3 a day, adults between one and 2 feeds per day, i go with two usually. also as for price, there are very few kicking about at the moment, but i think nerys can get hold of what few are left. and i think they are about £800

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hey thank u for all that info it has been a great help bit more saving to do but i no of one available here again thanx

Pretty much what Dave (LRR) has said though ours don't get so much dairy or protein, we aim for about 5-10% protein in our skunk diets, we also don't feed fish that often (we find it really makes their poo whiffy), and unlike Dave's our go bonks for livefoods, especially morio worms. You should be aiming for around 150-200 calories a day, and a little less during the winter months when we only feed once a day as they tend to slow down a bit.
We don't cage ours at all, they have full run of the living room, kitchen, hallway and breakfast room and as long as the weather is fine they get the run of the garden as well (walled with no escape possible).
They like to dig and have done in two lots of lino in the kitchen already.
They are mischievous little things and love to steal anything they think that will make their beds more comfy, socks, jumpers, double sheets, towels, you name it they'll make off with it to add to their little stash.
If you get a female and you have no intention of breeding or access to a vasectomised male they should be spayed, as they are induced ovulaters and need to be mated to knock them out of the cycle.

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My boy is not caged at all, when he was tiny he had a nero rabbit cage to sleep in (from pets at home..) but soon became a "house pet". As adults cages are strictly for sleeping only (einstein actually just uses a cat bed) and never gets shut in, they are natural roamers and will pace if confined.

He goes crazy for livefoods and loves playing with his treat ball which I fill with morioworms in the afternoon. Remember these are intelligent scavengers and need to be kept occupied when you're not around.

I feed him as Fixx described, I do no believe adult mammals need dairy, though he does get an egg once or twice a week (either hard boiled or raw, he doesnt mind either way). If you feed raw use lion marked eggs as these are more likely to be salmonella free.

Just to show him off a wee baby..

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Our Ichi has a super huge dog crate for when we are out. Once she becomes a little more confident and when our renovations have finished, she will have the full run of the downstairs though.

I feed the diet Nerys has on TSKA as I know this is what Ichi has been fed before she came to me. Ichi's favourite right now is tuna and baby corn lthough I don't give her too much of 1 thing at a time.

Pics of Ichi are in her thread int he pic sectin (think her cage pic is there too)

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hey i had a look she is just the cutest thing so pretty but no pics of her cage althought i do recall seeing a pic of a large dog carrier as a skunk cage on here just cant remember where.

i never knew people keep skunks..cool - do they smell?

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That would probably be the one Kink - it has a silky pink cushion in it hehe

Macro - I haven't found Ichi to smell a great deal - she is descented so doesn't spray but she has a slight ferrety smell to her

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