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| Office: 732-656-0088 Fax: 732-521-9042 johnnesti@yahoo.com |
All Wildlife Removal Service of New Jersey
will take care of the Skunks that make you
afraid to enjoy your own backyard...
will take care of the Skunks that make you
afraid to enjoy your own backyard...
| When your yard is home to a skunk, you have an urgency to get rid of it - NOW! All Wildlife Removal Service will not only remove the skunk(s) that have taken up residence for today, but also make your yard unsuitable for other skunks to move in - for good! According to the New Jersey Audubon Society, "Skunks are nocturnal and secretive. They would prefer to go about their business without ever encountering a human or a dog. Skunks are members of the weasel family. The striped skunk is the only species of skunk found in New Jersey. |
It is about the size of a house cat, primarily black with a white blaze on its forehead and
a broad white, usually divided, stripe that runs down its back. Like all skunks, it is
omnivorous, feeding on insects (especially grubs), berries and other vegetation, rodents,
bird eggs, and garbage. They frequently dig for their food, leaving small conical holes in
the soil. Skunks do not hibernate, but den up for the winter, coming out during warmer
periods to feed. Breeding takes place during late winter and the young are born in May.
Denning occurs in old animal dens, rock piles, brush piles, and under buildings."
Often people become aware of skunks in their yards in January. At that time of year,
male skunks will fight with each other over breeding rights and may spray during the
fight. Other times, an unreceptive female will spray an agressive male in retaliation.
As noted above, skunks are strongly nocturnal. Deer are also nocturnal but often can
be seen in early morning or early evening. Skunks, on the other hand, will not come out
of their den until after sunset and then return to it way before first light. This explains
why humans and other animals such as household pets can largely avoid the horror of
being sprayed by a frightened or threatened skunk. But once a skunk lives on your
property, you will smell the spray that the skunk uses as a defense mechanism sooner or
later! And when that happens, you will want the animal gone.
Believe it or not, there was a time when skunks were kept as exotic pets in homes.
However, now that New Jersey has had confirmed rabies cases in every county of the
state, it is no longer legal to own a pet skunk in NJ. There is no 100% guaranteed
rabies vaccine for skunks.
The two most common areas on property for skunks to make a den are under sheds
and under decks. The short-term solution is a trapping program to remove the
unwanted skunks. However, this is only half the equation - it will not SOLVE the
problem. Removing one skunk simply makes room for new skunks to move in.
a broad white, usually divided, stripe that runs down its back. Like all skunks, it is
omnivorous, feeding on insects (especially grubs), berries and other vegetation, rodents,
bird eggs, and garbage. They frequently dig for their food, leaving small conical holes in
the soil. Skunks do not hibernate, but den up for the winter, coming out during warmer
periods to feed. Breeding takes place during late winter and the young are born in May.
Denning occurs in old animal dens, rock piles, brush piles, and under buildings."
Often people become aware of skunks in their yards in January. At that time of year,
male skunks will fight with each other over breeding rights and may spray during the
fight. Other times, an unreceptive female will spray an agressive male in retaliation.
As noted above, skunks are strongly nocturnal. Deer are also nocturnal but often can
be seen in early morning or early evening. Skunks, on the other hand, will not come out
of their den until after sunset and then return to it way before first light. This explains
why humans and other animals such as household pets can largely avoid the horror of
being sprayed by a frightened or threatened skunk. But once a skunk lives on your
property, you will smell the spray that the skunk uses as a defense mechanism sooner or
later! And when that happens, you will want the animal gone.
Believe it or not, there was a time when skunks were kept as exotic pets in homes.
However, now that New Jersey has had confirmed rabies cases in every county of the
state, it is no longer legal to own a pet skunk in NJ. There is no 100% guaranteed
rabies vaccine for skunks.
The two most common areas on property for skunks to make a den are under sheds
and under decks. The short-term solution is a trapping program to remove the
unwanted skunks. However, this is only half the equation - it will not SOLVE the
problem. Removing one skunk simply makes room for new skunks to move in.
If you want to solve a skunk problem
completely, you must stop providing them
with a place to live! After trapping and
removing any skunks that currently live
on the property, All Wildlife Removal
Service will do an exclusion on your
deck, shed, freestanding garage or other
structure to keep skunks from using
them as a den. In an exclusion, a trench
is dug around the structure
approximately 1-foot below the ground,
then wire is attached to the bottom of the structure and led down into the ground in an
L-fashion, so that the wire looks like a book laying on its side. The trench is then
back-filled, leaving your structure with a permanent barrier to keep skunks (and other
ground-dwelling animals, such as groundhogs) out for good!
completely, you must stop providing them
with a place to live! After trapping and
removing any skunks that currently live
on the property, All Wildlife Removal
Service will do an exclusion on your
deck, shed, freestanding garage or other
structure to keep skunks from using
them as a den. In an exclusion, a trench
is dug around the structure
approximately 1-foot below the ground,
then wire is attached to the bottom of the structure and led down into the ground in an
L-fashion, so that the wire looks like a book laying on its side. The trench is then
back-filled, leaving your structure with a permanent barrier to keep skunks (and other
ground-dwelling animals, such as groundhogs) out for good!
| All Wildlife Removal Service can rid your home or business of many other animals as well. Click here to read about other wildlife pests that reside in New Jersey! |
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