At A1 Pest Solutions Inc, our approach to skunk removal revolves around the humane and effective exclusion method. This process begins with a meticulous inspection of your property to locate any skunk dens and identify potential entry points that skunks might use to access your area. Once these critical areas are pinpointed, our skilled technicians install specially designed one-way doors at these entry points. These doors are engineered to allow skunks to exit safely but prevent them from returning.
After confirming that all skunks have left, we proceed to securely seal the entry points, ensuring a permanent solution to the problem. Additionally, we provide expert advice on habitat modifications that can make your property less appealing to skunks in the future, such as securing garbage bins and removing food sources.
Our team is trained to handle these situations with the utmost care, prioritizing the safety and effectiveness of the removal process while minimizing discomfort for both the skunks and the property owners. Through this diligent and thoughtful approach, we ensure that your property remains skunk-free in a humane and environmentally friendly manner.
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Skunks are famous for being smelled long before they're seen. Even if they're not spraying, anywhere that a skunk frequents may be tainted with their odour, especially den areas. If you are regularly smelling a faint skunk odour while working in your garden or yard, you may have skunks in your yard.
If you find round, 7.6 to 10 cm / 3 to 4-inch-wide holes in the lawn, this is a telltale sign of skunk feeding. Unlike other digging animals like dogs or raccoons, skunk holes tend to be shallow and perfectly circular. They dig just deep enough to locate grubs and other soil-dwelling insects. Skunks may occasionally dig cone-shaped holes under building foundations that allow them access under the structure. Look for footprints similar to a cat's, but with five toes, in the loose soil of one of these excavations.
Skunks can carry contagious diseases, viruses, and parasites that can be transmitted to humans and/or pets through a bite.
Skunks are the primary carriers of rabies in the Midwest. Rabies is usually fatal to humans and pets unless treated immediately. If you suspect that a skunk may have rabies, do not approach it.
There are two forms of rabies in skunks: The "furious" form, where skunks become aggressive, and the "dumb" form where they become unphased by human presence. Some other signs of rabies in skunks to look out for include activity during the daytime, an unsteady or disoriented gait, drooling, and/or foaming at the mouth.
Skunks are truly omnivorous, eating a wide variety of foods. They eat insects, mice, shrews, ground squirrels, young rabbits, birds’ eggs, and various plants. During the autumn and winter, they eat about equal amounts of plant and animal foods but eat mainly insects in the summer. Skunks are especially fond of grasshoppers, crickets, and insect larvae such as white grubs, armyworms, and cutworms.
