Re: ??????
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  • Subject: Re: ??????
  • From: j* s* <i*@q.com>
  • Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:49:39 -0800
Yep, raccoons can be a real problem. Dog doesn't have much of a chance against a full-grown raccoon. 


On Mar 8, 2010, at 4:30 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES wrote:


The program we saw on skunks stated that the skunk doesn't really have
much spray material. So, it will give lots of warnings before spraying. A segment showed a mountain lion interested but it took the warnings and 
backed off. A coyote kept pestering the skunk, ignored the warning and
got a spray when it attacked. Our dogs are inside at night so we seldom 
have a problem. They have gotten hurt more by raccoons.



B

ETN Zone 7

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From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Monday, March 8, 2010 5:43:01 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [CHAT] ??????

As long as you have indoor animals, skunks are not a problem.
Even if you keep the dogs in at night, it should be all right - in
more than 40 years we have never had an animal - this time a
cat - sprayed by a skunk. When they walk by at night they
really only leave a faint odor. That's a small price to pay for
the way they dig out yellow-jacket nests. Now there's a problem -
yellow-jackets can do real damage, and a lot of people seem to
be allergic to them.
Auralie



In a message dated 3/8/2010 11:47:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
justjess01@gmail.com writes:

You would only want a skunk around if it was "de-pewed" Bonnie. (which
is against the law because it is their only form of defense in the
wild) The guys renting our bunkhouse have trapped 12 of them this
spring. They carry rabies, and the weird thing is, rabies will not
kill a skunk, but they can be carriers of it. And they stink to high
heaven. At three o'clock in the morning they ran our guys out of that
house and they threw up from the smell. A couple of them got UNDER
the bunkhouse and it must have been two males fighting...but you could
smell that for almost a WEEK. They had to air out the house.


On 3/7/10, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote:
Saw a very interesting program on skunks the other night. Fascinating. Didn't know that a mountain lion or rattler wouldn't bother a skunk. In 
fact, rattlers will actually hide from them as skunks will kill them.
They will also eat bees and yellow jackets. Don't think I would mind
having one around but we have dogs.


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Willamette Valley

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