Saturday, December 31, 2011

Skunkship Down

.
A week ago we spotted a skunk acting erratic and stumbling. It was night time and hard to shoot then. Last night the skunk was back and sprayed the house. This morning we hunted around and found it under our shop. My husband shot it and we think it was already dead/dying before the shots.Rabies kills animals in a week, they can't swallow and die of thirst. Wild animals will not eat a carcass if it has rabies. Vultures and carrion eaters leave it alone. This is the second dead skunk we have found untouched. We burned the skunk to make sure no rabies will be spread. And yes the skunk sack exploded while cremating spreading the skunking everywhere. We hope this is the end of spraying for a while. The warm weather has all the mammals waking up and migrating like it is spring.

No comments:

Post a Comment