Re: skunks
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] skunks
- From: M* H*
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 08:30:47 -0800
Skunks eat all sorts of things, but I'd be willing to bet that your
neighbor or someone else in the neighborhood is feeding animals outside.
At the skunks' denning season, they like the protein in cat or dog food.
Madelin, who has learned about skunks the hard way
At 07:41 PM 03/03/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone know what they eat? They've suddenly started appearing at night.
>Someone--possibly my neighbor's cat, more likely the cat's less-bright
>owner--has been engaging in confrontations with the skunks, naturally
>occasioning the inevitable result. I'm wondering if the skunks are being
>drawn by the new green shoots in my garden. However, the tops of my bulbs
>(primarily Spanish bluebells) have not been gnawed off.
>Nancy S. (NYC, zone 6b)
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