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Saving cat was a bad idea...
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A while back, a friend sent me a picture of two little girls trying to pet some baby skunks. The caption read, "Daddy, look at the kittens!"
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That reminds me...a friend of mine used to feed the neighborhood cats on her back steps. One day, when it was just about dusky dark, her daughter went out to pet the cats. She noticed a new one in the bunch and reached out to stroke it. It hissed at her and bared its teeth. You got it--it wasn't a cat, it was a skunk!
Fortunately, it just turned its back on her and continued eating. Scared the daylights out of her, though, and makes for a great story.
Imagine if it had sprayed.
Fortunately, it just turned its back on her and continued eating. Scared the daylights out of her, though, and makes for a great story.
Imagine if it had sprayed.
That reminds me...a friend of mine used to feed the neighborhood cats on her back steps. One day, when it was just about dusky dark, her daughter went out to pet the cats. She noticed a new one in the bunch and reached out to stroke it. It hissed at her and bared its teeth. You got it--it wasn't a cat, it was a skunk!
Fortunately, it just turned its back on her and continued eating. Scared the daylights out of her, though, and makes for a great story.
Imagine if it had sprayed.
Funny post Gillhoughly.
And I can totally picture your friends daughter and the hissing skunk awatkins.
You have to admit, they are pretty cute.
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I have a friend, an animal rescue person. We came across a skunk near her house that had got its head trapped in a large plastic mayonnaise bottle/jar. It had obviously been trying to get at the remnants of mayo, and couldn't get it off.
She actually got the jar off the skunk without getting bitten or sprayed. It just scuttled off without so much as a thank you. Although I suppose the not spraying was thank you enough.
She actually got the jar off the skunk without getting bitten or sprayed. It just scuttled off without so much as a thank you. Although I suppose the not spraying was thank you enough.
We used to have a neighbor with a cat-flap that led from her kitchen into the garden. She had two ginger-colored cats. One night she came into the kitchen to get a drink before bed and saw a strange black and white "cat" eating from the food dish. Fortunately she realized it was a skunk before she made a big noise and shoo'd it from the house. Instead, she just closed the kitchen and eventually it went away on its own.
I'm still trying to figure out whether the ad was for real...
My friends have a cat flap in their garage which leads to the kitchen, and occasionally they have visitors like racoons or possums. The next-door neighbor cat was a regular, too. I guess they like the dry cat food my friends set out for their own cats.
My friends have a cat flap in their garage which leads to the kitchen, and occasionally they have visitors like racoons or possums. The next-door neighbor cat was a regular, too. I guess they like the dry cat food my friends set out for their own cats.
The intresting thing is that a skunk will not spray unless it really believes its life is in danger. It takes something like 48 hours to re-fill the skunk's scent sacks again, so it won't spend its ammunition foolishly.
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Okay, then that explains the prob the family had with a skunk in the old boat house. Clearly it was in fear for its life. Considering my family, the critter had good reason for alarm.
It got Lady the weiner dog, Uncle Herb, and my dad. I recall lots of shouting, the skunk making a hasty escape into the woods and poor Lady being thrown into the river several times to get rid of the stink.
She swam to shore every time, but was a very grouchy pooch for the inconvenience.
Once that was done, Aunt Flo and Mom threw Uncle Herb and my dad in the river. Several times. To get rid of the stink.
Intoxicating spirits may have been involved.
None of those were thrown into the river.
It got Lady the weiner dog, Uncle Herb, and my dad. I recall lots of shouting, the skunk making a hasty escape into the woods and poor Lady being thrown into the river several times to get rid of the stink.
She swam to shore every time, but was a very grouchy pooch for the inconvenience.
Once that was done, Aunt Flo and Mom threw Uncle Herb and my dad in the river. Several times. To get rid of the stink.
Intoxicating spirits may have been involved.
None of those were thrown into the river.
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many years ago I spent a Fri night with my best friend giving her sprayed til he dripped dog a tomato bath--with paste because the stores were closed and no tomato soup or sauce was in the house. Had to lug gallons of water from the kitchen down into the basement to bathe the dog--no sink down there but they did have a floor drain. After, we split the last can of paste for ourselves.