Skunk

[oej719]

Use a silencer or shoot it thru a pillow to muffle the sound. Or when you trap it set the whole trap under water and wait 5 min.

[wilsonwilson]

Use moth balls....works EVERY time....no more skunks

[faygo]

MikeA
 
Let's step back a moment. As I recall you have 2 problems. 1-Skunk, 2-concrete sagging.
Why not get one of those cement trucks with pumpable cement and fill the voids. If the skunk is in there when you did this, oh well.

[MikeA]

MikeA
 
Let's step back a moment. As I recall you have 2 problems. 1-Skunk, 2-concrete sagging.
Why not get one of those cement trucks with pumpable cement and fill the voids. If the skunk is in there when you did this, oh well.Believe me Faygo, that solution has definitely occurred to me.  The problem is, I'm short term for retirement.  We may not want to keep the house.  If we do sell, then we'd probably fill in the swimming pool.  Pools are NOT a selling point for houses in this neighborhood though several houses have them.  Most people just don't want a pool because of the work involved in keeping it up.I wouldn't want to pour in money in the form of concrete if we are going to be filling it in in a couple of years anyway.Moth Balls....I've heard of that.  Do you just toss them into the "den"?

[oej719]

Can you shoot it in the head with moth balls?

[MikeA]

Can you shoot it in the head with moth balls?Man, you done be "trigger happy!"  Maybe load a paintball gun with moth balls!  First you have to get moth balls.  Takes a lot of moths to get enough and  tweezers to get them and a bunch to make up a pellet as big as a paintball.  Maybe I should just stick to the trap.

[oej719]

Or you can poison some bait then take it to the woods and shoot it in the head and bury it.
I have never owned a gun but I watch alot of cable.

[cddenver]

Maybe load a paintball gun with moth balls!  First you have to get moth balls.  Takes a lot of moths to get enough and  tweezers to get them and a bunch to make up a pellet as big as a paintball.  Maybe I should just stick to the trap.

 
You're going to hear from the ASPCM for that one. 
 
Because no one will take Stinky away for you once you've got him, you may have to pass on the trap, or start including some "special sauce" with those snacks you're using as bait.  Then you just have a disposal problem.  Can't do that, of course, if you have a pet or pets of your own in the yard, or if your yard is visited by neighbors' pets.   At this point he's probably been there long enough that any kind of repellant wouldn't work.  Do you have a regular veterinarian?  If so, give him a call and maybe he can suggest something.
 
Is there such a thing as a scarecrow for skunks?  How about Rent-A-Doberman?  One of my neighbors had a serious crow problem, and was finally able to get rid of them with an air horn that he'd set off whenever he saw them out there.
 

[faygo]

OK MikeA here you go.
 
You will need : 1 Ball bat
                         2 leghorn chickens
                         1 roll of 2" masking tape
                         1 can ,black spray paint
                         1 small jar of skunk oil
                         20 large cans of tomato juice
                         1 gallon of listerine mouthwash
(Please note all items will not necessarily be used in all of the following methods)
 
Method 1-- Go to the country and buy two Leghorn (White) Chickens
                  Take the 2" masking tape and put a strip of it down the
                  center of the chickens back
                  Spray the chickens with the black paint
                  Remove the tape
                  Annoint the chickens with a couple of drops each of skunk oil
                 When the skunk mistakes the chickens for another skunk and
                 decides to get ammorous, in that  moment sneak up behind him
                 and hit him with the baseball bat.
                 Should the skunk sense your presense and lift his tail you
                 will now need the tomato juice(The only substance know to
                mankind to kill that scent) Throw the clothes away and bathe in
                the juice.
 
Method 2-- Since the skunk is also known as a "Woods Pussy" they have been known to respond to ; Here kitty , kitty, Come here kitty, kitty so I can Smash you *#**@ brains out with this bat. Also a danger here that might requie the tomato juice.
 
Method 3-- The chickens , since they have been ravaged by the skunk cannot be return to the farm, so, Go to the Zoo and steal an alligator and put him in your pool. Feed him those chickens and he will learn to associate the skunk smell(Rember you annointed them in Method !) with something that tastes good. Since the chickens are all gone he will seek out that blasted skunk and before he realizes he has been tricked will swallow it and remove your problem. You can't take the Alligator back to the Zoo until you wash his mouth out with the Listerine or they will know something is wrong.
 
If you should decide to keep the Alligator and open up a petting Zoo, remember you will need more chickens.
 
Good Luck

[oej719]

Try blocking the entrance by digging out the area some and burying a fence type structure that the critter cannot dig around or under and the top edge above ground just enough not to be too unsightly.