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[inahandbasket]

I don't know what's weirder...
- That I can purchase dehydrated fox urine over the internet.
- That I may soon purchase dehydrated fox urine over the internet.
- That I may have a good reason to purchase dehydrated fox urine over the internet.

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Substantive update coming as soon as I can get photos off my camera, maybe late tonight.

Comments

[wanderyng1.livejournal.com]

It's a pretty common technique to pee in an area you don't want wild animals to come around, but it generally washes away after the first good solid rain. I would wager this does as well. Out of curiosity, what kind of animals are you trying to keep away from what kind of plant?

[prosicated.livejournal.com]

... by "animal" we mean skunk.
...by "plant" we mean house.

It's going under the porch, it won't wash away. I'm not looking forward to this.

[wanderyng1.livejournal.com]

If the skunk is currently living under the porch, you might get sprayed while putting the powder under the porch. Since they're nocturnal (unless rabid) they tend to abhor bright light. If you have access to a flood light/work light, place it so that it's shining under the porch. It should abandon the porch relatively fast. If there's not an easy way to flood the area with light, then grab some flour from the house. Sprinkle it around the porch and keep checking it every 20 minutes or so after twilight. Once you see tracks in the flour leading out from under the porch, that would be the time to sprinkle the urine under the porch. You'll probably want to setup lattice, or some other barrier, under the porch to keep it from getting back in. Make sure to bury it since they can dig.

[prosicated.livejournal.com]

Damn, you're good at this! Thanks!!

[wanderyng1.livejournal.com]

No sweat - if none of the above works, let me know. I've had to trap skunks before as well (nonlethally) and I'm reasonably good at doing it without getting myself sprayed.

[drwex]

That's very cool. We've been using a professional humane trapper to move various mammals out from under our porch and hot tub. So far I think we've relocated a couple of skunks, at least one possum, and three large-sized groundhogs.

Good luck with this one!

[miyyu.livejournal.com]

Keep in mind too that skunks are generally transient. They make a burrow, stay there for a little while, and then wander off to greener pastures... unless it's a female skunk who is getting ready to give birth. Then you're in trouble. =/

I learned a LOT about skunks when one moved in under my house three years ago and my dogs tried to make friends with it.

Good luck getting rid of yours!

[inahandbasket]

we may have a skunk living under our back porch, but it hasn't been verified.

And apparently this powdered stuff doesn't wash away like liquid predator pee does, or so the Amazon comments indicate.

[wanderyng1.livejournal.com]

I assume you're smelling skunk and that's what prompted this?

[prosicated.livejournal.com]

His parents watched one go nest under the porch, but the smell had been noticed before.