[Jacob-list] skunks

[Linda]

LOL - that should work!  I probably should get a bigger washer, though.  I just have the one sheep sized washer.

Linda
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On Tue, 17 May 2005 15:18:46 -0400, Gillian Fuqua wrote:
>
> To get a ram in the washer: put a ewe in first...
>
> One of my girls got sprayed on the nose.  I smeared her nose with a
> tomato and did nothing else.  The smell faded over time. On skunks,
> this is for real, Havahart traps work well.  I had a pair decide to
> live in my barn two years ago.  I baited the Havahart with wet cat
> food.  In the morning Stinky was in the trap.  You can walk up to
> the trap, holding an old blanket like a curtain.  Drop the blanket
> over the trap, Stinky will calm right down, and you can carry him
> anywhere.  I put him in the back of the truck and drove several
> miles and dropped him in the woods.  It was a bit of a trick to
> uncover one end, open it and prop it open but Stinky eventually
> left and waddled off into the woods.
>
> Gillian
>
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