Skunk question

[abisnail]

So I was just looking at the pictures of your skunks and they're flipping gorgeous, but I gotta ask. Don't they smell? (No offense! )
I mean, I don't know much but I read that you had them descented (correct me if I'm wrong) but don't they still smell a bit whiffy?
I imagine they're kinda ferrety smelling....but that is my imagination talking! lol.

What do they eat? do you bathe them? Are they house trained?
So yeah, skunk people tell me about your pets, I'm mega interested!
Educate me!

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by abisnail

So I was just looking at the pictures of your skunks and they're flipping gorgeous, but I gotta ask. Don't they smell? (No offense! )
I mean, I don't know much but I read that you had them descented (correct me if I'm wrong) but don't they still smell a bit whiffy?
I imagine they're kinda ferrety smelling....but that is my imagination talking! lol.

What do they eat? do you bathe them? Are they house trained?
So yeah, skunk people tell me about your pets, I'm mega interested!
Educate me!

i have 2 fully loadeds an yes they smell if they loose aload

an i also have 3 descented but they dont smell at all

ferrets stink an i would rather smell skunk spray that dirty ferrets if im being honest lol

they eat veg an fruit an chicken an lots of other stuff

i have only bathed one of mine cos was very very dirty they tend to keep them selves clean though

non of mine are house trained as such they shite where they please lol

some of them do go back to cages an go poop there sometimes though

[Talk To The Animals]

Ours share their room with ferrets and the skunks prefer to sleep inside and old duvet, so they get regularly washed as they do start to smell. Our adult one is litter-trained but our baby one refuses to use a tray and goes where she likes. She's already ruined one carpet.

As said above, they eat veg, fruit and chicken, our also like tuna and Farley's baby rusks.

Ours have both been descented, so no spraying there. The adult sometimes farts when you pick her up, which we think might be her trying to spray (she came from America and is quite close to wild, although she's really calmed down since we got her spayed last year but she's still quite shy).

They make crap pets, don't even think about getting one!!! They wreck your house and you have to live by their terms, not yours.

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by Talk To The Animals

Ours share their room with ferrets and the skunks prefer to sleep inside and old duvet, so they get regularly washed as they do start to smell. Our adult one is litter-trained but our baby one refuses to use a tray and goes where she likes. She's already ruined one carpet.

As said above, they eat veg, fruit and chicken, our also like tuna and Farley's baby rusks.

Ours have both been descented, so no spraying there. The adult sometimes farts when you pick her up, which we think might be her trying to spray (she came from America and is quite close to wild, although she's really calmed down since we got her spayed last year but she's still quite shy).

They make crap pets, don't even think about getting one!!! They wreck your house and you have to live by their terms, not yours.

LOL thats so true my life has never been the same since becoming a skunk owner i thought the dogs took over.............nopes they are a breeze compared to the skunkies


Oh just to add as well they have sharp teeth OUCH lol

i got nailed yest by one of mine 2 of them were getting a bit rough i went to seperate them an OUCH so as friendly an sweet as they are and can be...............you have to remember they have sharp teeth that can do damage and hurt

[bjc]

the two i have and the one i look after all use a tray and no smell at all
on the down side a skunk bite hurts as you might find out
but they are nice to have around

[Ragmoth]

Awww i didn't know they like farleys rusks. I might get a skunk so we can share rusks. I LOVE rusks, it's the only thing me and the kids shared when they were babies

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by bjc

the two i have and the one i look after all use a tray and no smell at all
on the down side a skunk bite hurts as you might find out
but they are nice to have around

LOL i stringed a lovely sentence together after my bite yest

went something like Owweeeeeeeeeee ouchouch:c ensor:

[Ragmoth]

Their claws are super hugely long aint they, lol!

[Emmaj]

yes their claws are long but dont hurt they are not used as a deffence they are diggers

they do need claws clipping when kept domestically as they dont get to wear them down digging

[Exotica]

*touch wood* ive never been bitten, but do have a few scars on my chest where i have been scratched.

i agree with a previous statement, they make awful pets, they trash ur kitchen and learn to open the fridge far too quickly, i think mine are smarter than me, but then thats not such a difficult thing to accomplish lol