Every day working with wildlife is an adventure. In this case, picking up a young skunk (don’t try this at home) that had been injured. The tricky part, of course, is not getting sprayed or upsetting the skunk so it sprays the neighborhood. I spent about 10 minutes before the video starts with the skunk to settle it down and let it get used to me before picking it up successfully.
Skunk Exclusion
This video shows the complete exclusion project with the skunk video. Exclusion is an important tool as it prevents future wildlife conflicts for the client and helps wildlife by eliminating the need for future trapping. All my exclusion work comes with a guarantee against future intrusions by wildlife.
When is a opossum not a opossum?
A case of mistaken identity- I received a call last week from a home owner who said a opossum had found its way into his house that morning and he had locked it in the bathroom as he had to leave for work. It was now midafternoon and he was hoping that I could come and remove it. No problem, opossums are quite mellow and easy to handle, so I said I would be there shortly. I arrived and followed him up the stairs to the bathroom. As I peaked in, it was not a opossum that was staring back at me but a very large, very irate raccoon that was now in the bathtub. This was not what I was expecting. I quickly shut the door and went down stairs to get a control pole and some protective gear. As I entered the bathroom again, I warned the homeowner not to worry but things might sound a bit wild for a minute or two. Luckily, I lassoed that raccoon on the first try with the control pole but he was quite grumpy about it. He was growling and twisting like a small lion as I put him in a cage for transport. The homeowner was quite thankful to have his bathroom back and I was quite happy that the raccoon did not damage the bathroom or me! I forgot to ask about the case of mistaken opossum identity.
