Wildlife is very difficult to stop. They come to your property because you invite them. Wild animals come to your property for varying reasons. Skunks come because their favourite food is grubs. If you have a lawn spotted with yellow and green and the yellow all seem to connect like a map then you have …
Skunks are excellent burrowers. They have very long thick and strong claws that can burrow through gravel and clay. They are a serious wildlife issue because of their spectacular weapon granted to them by the sometimes confusing process of evolution. Why they developed this ability, aside from having a defence against predators, is entirely unknown. …
Skunks are a general nuisance when on your property. They do not have the full destructive and climbing capabilities of a raccoon nor do they have oposeable paws. However, they are prone to accessing garbage containers that are not restricted and will often come to a property for mating or for giving birth. They will …
The Skunk is a very well evolved animal. They have a spectacular weapon that can give evolution a run for its money. Their spray is so powerful that the molecules still produce a profuse and violent occur even at eleven parts per million which a chemically microscopic amount. You can scrub and wash whatever was …
Skunks are a complex species. They are omnivorous in the winter but carnivores in the summer. Skunks are incredible diggers and have long claws that are hard and sharp. Their most common food is grubs which they eat on mass from spring to summer and even into the fall. They are a serious pest as …
The question you should be asking is why skunks are on your property at all. What are they coming for. Digging up a lawn is normal behaviour for them but why are they doing it? All wild animals are after three things. A home, food and water. That is all they need to survive. So …
Skunks are omnivores and enjoy an insectivore and carnivorous diet in the summer and then a more omnivorous diet in the winter when mice become the only proteins they can get ahold of. Wild native mice like deer and field mice can climb, jump and move quickly so it’s a benefit to the skunks that …
Skunks are found throughout North America in both the United States and Canada. They are so prevalent that they have many names for many peoples. We call them skunks but the people before us revered them as a strong, virial warrior race of animals. Their spray is one of the greatest weapons an ancient human …
Skunks are on your property for food. While they enjoy human food and garbage, even bird seeds, their favourite food is grubs. So if you have lawn grubs then you will have skunks showing up to eat them and that will involve digging up your lawn almost entirely. This is a stressful situation especially if …
Skunks are one of the few animals everyone recognizes with their blatant and easy-to-see lateral white stripes across its body. However skunks can come in a variety of shades and while local skunks to certain parts of North America tend to look very different they are all joined by the presence of a white stripe, …
