Yeah I know what you mean- I'd love to have a skunk as a pet.
Unfortunatley its next to impossible to find a skunk breeder and a vet
(willing/able) in the UK. Hopefully I'll get one when I move the the
US tho. (Any info on UK breeders welcome).
Tether Per Water Tomb
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Aquilux Raptor" <Aquilux@...>
wrote:
>
> You can actually have a skunk de-scented or what ever you call it,
and many
> people keep skunks as pets.
>
> On 12/4/06, George McMullen <byere254_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > After reading these 2 stories, I'd love to meet a skunk in life. I'm
> > very good with cats (I've had them as pets in the family my whole
life and
> > before hand...) so I know how to not startle them (unless I want to be
> > mean). Skunks sound like they'd make wonderful pets (if you bred
out the
> > stink-vat)
> >
> >
> > *Christopher Pratt <luigimario87_at_...>* wrote:
> >
> > --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
<SkunkworksAMA%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > KitFox <kitfox_at_> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
<SkunkworksAMA%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "sirfoxxie" <sirfox_at_> wrote:
> > > > > folks, we're getting rather off-topic again. Could you take any
> > > > > anti-virus software advice and/or flames to private email?
> > >
> > > At 08:33 PM 12/3/2006, hairygosimer wrote:
> > > >I agree.....
> > >
> > > I both agree, and see you agreement and raise you a topic...
> > >
> > > Who out there on this list has had any real life skunk encounters?
> > Live
> > > ones, not roadkill. Good encounters, bad encounters, whichever.
> > >
> > > So I was sitting on the step of the walkway petting the two
> > neighborhood
> > > cats. Cold day (25F) and my nose was non-operational. The cats
> > were happy
> > > to rub against me and climb repeatedly over my lap.
> > >
> > > Something else nosed at my back, and I figured it was either a
dog or
> > > another cat, since the two cats took one look at it, hissed, and
> > scampered
> > > off. The intruder wandered around beside me, rubbing against me the
> > whole
> > > way, and seemed friendly enough, so I reached down to pet it. Odd
> > > shape... Weird fur... Huh? *Glance down at skunk that was sniffing
> > my leg*
> > >
> > > I contemplated freaking out and running, but the darn things can
> > spray 20
> > > feet, so startling it would be a bad idea. I just got that sort of
> > deer in
> > > the headlights facing oncoming doom type of frozen status. The
> > skunk just
> > > happily climbed into my lap and flopped there for warmth. So I was
> > stuck
> > > with a dilemma... How does one evict a lap skunk without getting
> > sprayed?
> > >
> > > I was saved shortly afterwards when another pedestrian wandered
by. He
> > > noted that that thing on my lap looked an awful lot like a skunk. He
> > > approached, wondering how I got a pet skunk. The skunk took affront
> > at the
> > > invasion and climbed off my lap, doing the signature handstand at
> > the guy,
> > > who I quickly informed that it was NOT my skunk, and coming closer
> > probably
> > > wasn't a good idea. So he backed off.
> > >
> > > The skunk apparently decided my lap was too close to a high-traffic
> > area
> > > and vanished under the bushes nearby, leaving me skunkless and safe.
> > Was a
> > > heck of a time explaining it to the guy, but he thought it was
> > amusing anyway.
> > >
> > > Any other live skunk stories of any type? Details! Need details!
> > >
> >
> > Yis.
> >
> > I have encountered many skunks as I have formed a hobby of actually
> > hunting them down, obviously I'm not stupid enough to pester them,
> > just view and study.
> >
> > I have been sprayed before though, got to close as a kid, and well,
> > got sprayed. Fortunatly it didn't get near my face, so I was fine.
> >
> > My favorite is actually when a skunk came to me, much like the one
> > whom explored your lap.
> > However, living out in the back hills of NY, it was up to me to decide
> > how to make my exit without scaring the poor thing.
> >
> > Well, I was just walking about in the evening as I frequently did,
> > waiting to see deer or a rabbit or what have you, and then it popped
> > out of the bushes, had to be around nine at night or so during august
> > of 2003, around a blink and you miss it "village" called Trumansburg,
> > it walked curiously down the road towards me, so I stopped and
> > kneeled, we had to have stared eachother down (I never looked directly
> > into it's eyes) for what seemed like hours, the sun had pretty much
> > vanished by the time the skunk wandered near enough for me to reach.
> >
> > The only light was the moon and the distant yet bright light of my
porch.
> >
> > At first it seemed threatened, but then slowly became more curious, so
> > it's body language had led me to believe, it's tail had gone down by a
> > significant margin after a while.
> >
> > I had lowered my hand in a completely flat position palm up, in front
> > of it, distance of about one foot maintained between my hand and it's
> > nose, eventually the little thing advanced and actually sniffed my
> > hand and then briefly layed a front paw on my finger tips (very long
> > claws) as if looking for some sort of food, unfortunatly I had nothing
> > to give it. Shortly after, it finally got bored and tromped off into
> > the darkness, so I returned home.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Signed by your friend and mine,
> > The Cat =^.^=
> >
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