Skunks as pets? - Page 2

DeanThorpe · #11 (**permalink**) 15-02-2008, 03:02 PM

huh?
you cant get them de-scented now?
i didnt know that, I had heard soem vets consider it cruel and wont do it but thought that was the minority...gosh things change quickly...

brittone05 · #12 (**permalink**) 15-02-2008, 08:25 PM

IT falls under the new AWA DEan, and is now classed as an unecessary mutilation - which id defined as any interference witht he soft tissues for non medical purposes.

Some people still view it as cruel too where some vets don't understand the issues - my vet doesn't agree with this particular clause at all.

I always beleived the AWA to only be applicable in the UK and Netherlands - don't ask me why but I never thought it was an illegal thing to descent in other EU countries.

DeanThorpe · #13 (**permalink**) 15-02-2008, 10:28 PM

Hi.
I was not disputing it, im just suprised as trese has wanted one and we have been speaking to various people regarding them over time and one of the first questions we asked was about de-scenting and then we were told some vets were gettin iffy about it....but had not been told it had been outlawed...and it just doesnt seem like as long ago as before last april when we were last in correspondance regarding it and stuff...but obviously it must have been as the people who trese has spoken to about it would know.

brittone05 · #14 (**permalink**) 15-02-2008, 11:09 PM

A lot of vets still don't know it Dean so understandably, less people know than vets!!

It actually came into play in April 07 when the AWA came into law.

Tis a shame really as skunks can make amazing pets given the right setting and I am sure many more people would work with them had this AWA not affected the descenting issues

Fixx · #15 (**permalink**) 16-02-2008, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brittone05

Tis a shame really as skunks can make amazing pets given the right setting and I am sure many more people would work with them had this AWA not affected the descenting issues

It's also a shame that people won't give 'whole' skunks a chance as well as they still make amazing pets with their scent glands.

Mush · #16 (**permalink**) 16-02-2008, 10:37 AM

u need to speak to dave at luton reptile rescue, hes got a great little skunk!!!!

DeanThorpe · #17 (**permalink**) 16-02-2008, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fixx

It's also a shame that people won't give 'whole' skunks a chance as well as they still make amazing pets with their scent glands.

Unfortunetely its simply not something that is personally acceptable in our home, by me, or our landlord.
Even a chance of that is just too much.
Was your first skunk de-scented?
if you had never been able to get them de-scented and had to take them as they are [before you had experience with them for instance] would you have?
would the person you got yours from?

loulou · #18 (**permalink**) 16-02-2008, 01:02 PM

yeah our first skunks were descented, (the skunks before we got Fred) so we are lucky that we have seen the best of both worlds so to speak

I understand the landlord problem completely, we can sing and dance about fred now if we want to because we have moved and our new landlord thinks fred is great.

GRB · #19 (**permalink**) 16-02-2008, 02:55 PM

hmmn. I guess this is a weird one. For me personally, I dont really see the appeal of a skunk over a dog or cat - it almost seems like getting an exotic for the sake of it. Of course, I know that you guys arent in that category, its just how I see it a bit.

DeanThorpe · #20 (**permalink**) 16-02-2008, 03:46 PM

have you been in contact with them?
or otherwise hung out and got to see what they are like?

if, for instance they suit the tastes of a person, they are pleasing to the eye and you can cater for thier needs that is how people decide they want that pet.
From what I hear, skunks make very entertaining and adoring pets.

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