Annoyed With Skunk Owner

[meandthee]

Hello me and my girlfriend bought a female skunk off of a young lad the other day. Shes beautiful, shes chocolate. But the reason i'm annoyed is that she is absolutely terrified of everything. At his house she was kept in a tiny cage, is obvious she has had no interaction whatsoever. Our male is not scared of anything we can do anything to him and hes ok, within reason lol. We are currently taming her but she is nearly a year old so i dont know if it will be more difficult. Can anybody tell me anything which might help. Thank You

[stoaty]

Hello you.
Well done for you for 'rescuing' her. The best advice is to let her become settled in her new surroundings and then let her see your boy been handled and importantly fed by you. Use food to build bridges and give her time.
Lets see a few pics as I would love a chocci but am full so must wait.
regards
Ian

[xXFooFooLaFluffXx]

sit on the floor with her, even if she doesnt come near you, just sit with her, let her come to you, and as stoaty said, food is the way to her heart. is she sprayin when shes scared? or is she decented?
our friends just got a little boy whos scared of his own shadow, shakes and everything, we took our girl to see him, we sat down with him and he was quite interactive with her, was quite suprisin how interactive he was. let her meet your male, on neutral ground, supervised at all times....and as said before, food food food
we need pics!
we have a choccy boy, i always liked the black and white ones but chester has converted me. our girl is black and white, used to have a black and white boy but unfortunately he died in october, and we have an albino boy

[carlycharlie]

I found Mprios to be the best bribe going

Just let her settle in her own time & dont try forcing her to be cuddled unless shes happy with it........she willl come round with time as they are too nosey for their own good not to want to investigate you eventually

[africa]

He means Morios

[carlycharlie]

Originally Posted by africa

He means Morios

Sure do!! Fat fingers & speed typing strikes again

[Talk To The Animals]

We got our chocolate girl when she was 9 months old, roughly, and she was in much the same conditions. We think she was imported and had to do her quarantine with no interaction. It took us the best part of a year to get her to come round, just sitting with her and giving her treats. Now, she's fine when you hold her, but you have to catch her first, she'll never come over and ask for cuddles. Our black and white won't leave you alone, and it's such a massive difference in how they were brought up.

With the morios, I would say not to give them to your skunk by hand, especially if she is nervous of you, as she will snatch them, with no care for what she is grabbing, worms or your fingers!!! Big long treats are for hand-feeding, so you can hold one end and make them stand up so they can just reach the other end!!

The other thing we found was that the chocolate one, who was kept in a small cage, has much poorer eyesight than the one who had more room. Don't know whether this is down to breeding, diet, or the fact that she didn't need to be able to see far away because she didn't have any room. Wierd.