Comments on: How to Get Rid of Skunks Naturally (Complete DIY Guide)

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 17:10:18 +0000

Expanding spray foam seems to work pretty well to seal cracks at the bottom of homes. The skunks never mess with it and find other places to dig. Mothballs didn’t work at all, they just moved them out of the way. I’m going to try citrus spray next. I’ve got a skunk that’s huge, maybe the size of a rat terrier dog. It comes by my home every night but is slowly getting to the point of not going under my home

By: Fritz

Fritz — Thu, 20 May 2021 00:24:41 +0000

Get rid of the bird feeder and any dropped bird feed or seeds until after the foraging for food into the area that attracted them is no longer of interest and they forage for food elsewhere.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Thu, 20 May 2021 00:21:38 +0000

get rid of the bird feeder and any dropped birdfeed until after the skunks and other animals are no longer attracted to it.

By: William

William — Sun, 09 May 2021 17:00:01 +0000

It is now the 9th of May and possibly a mother skunk has had her babies under my deck..it appears that is the case as I smell him/her every night and morning. It was extremely strong the other night when two racoons raided my metal pail with bird seed. Should I wait to try an evict the skunk?

By: Melinda and Richard Tyler

Melinda and Richard Tyler — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 14:08:46 +0000

My neighbors have a shed on their property and skunks return there every year (this is year 8!). We do not know if one of the babies returns with her new family, but it happens every year. They have tried everything to keep them out from under the shed. (They have tried castor oil, other scents and oils, cement under the shed, flooding under the shed, tiles under the shed, etc….. not to kill them of course but to block the entrance. ) We have a small pond with a running fountain, so of course, this means the skunks are always coming into my yard at night. We have had up to 5 skunks at a time in the yard (including the momma). We have cats and are so afraid they will get sprayed. We have tried so many things. How do you stop them from returning every year? Our yards are clean. No trash. No wood piles. Help! When the males come through, they spray everywhere to mark their territory (we assume?) and it is horrible. We live in town, not the middle of the woods!

By: Jack S.

Jack S. — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 12:59:55 +0000

3/13/2021. Thank you. Looks like you’ve covered the subject thoroughly. I’ll be trying some of the methods to get rid of the skunks around here (near Hastings-on-Hudson, NY).

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:10:37 +0000

Thanks very much. It will help us to get rid of this stinking pest.

By: robin L Hatch

robin L Hatch — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:07:38 +0000

I have 3or 4 young skunks that come out around 8:30 am or even they hang around til 9:30 or so ,thats always the time go water my garden ,take the dog out.
I thought they only came out at night