Skunks

Although skunks are mostly regarded as pests in the changing urban environment, there is a lot of good that these animals do too. However, their helping nature – they feed on troublesome rodents such as rats, mice and moles as well as insects and pests such as grasshoppers – is often outweighed by the nuisance they cause.

They are a health risk as well as cause damage to property, thus often making it imperative to get rid of their presence, and as early as possible too.

Skunks are easygoing animals and usually stay out of your way. However, if you or your pet choose to confront it and the skunk feels cornered, it will surely use every weapon in its armor to escape. If it is defending its young, you can expect even more aggressive behavior. In such an event, the biggest threat a skunk carries is the emission of a strong and highly disturbing spray from its anal glands.

However, in case of a physical threat that leaves no other resort, the animal may resort to biting and scratching too. It is during these biting and scratching fights that skunks, identified as a species of primary rabies carriers, can possibly pass on the dreaded virus to other animals.

Apart from spreading rabies and other potentially life-threatening diseases, skunks also cause considerable damage on the property front, causing serious financial losses.

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Health Risks

Skunks pose a variety of health risks to human beings as well as pets. While the deadly rabies virus certainly tops the list, the other serious illnesses like Leptospirosis, Tularemia, Canine Distemper, Canine Hepatitis and Intestinal Roundworm, Ringworm, quite dangerous diseases in their own right.

Interestingly, the foul smell that skunks are most feared for isn’t really known to transmit any diseases. It is their feces and urine that carry most of the viruses and parasites responsible for infections. Therefore, if you have a skunk regularly visiting your property and not even causing any physical nuisance, the presence of their urine and feces on the premises is enough to put you and your family at risk.

Damage to Property

Skunks are omnivorous animals and their primary diet consists of small rodents like moles, rats and mice, the eggs of birds, mushrooms and berries, frogs, and insects like grasshoppers, beetles and grubs. In a bid to access these tidbits, skunks often burrow into the ground, thus causing considerable damage to property.

Moreover, a skunk’s burrowing habits also mean that in search of a safe haven for itself, a skunk will dig deep burrows on your property for its den, even weakening the foundation of your building structure in the process.

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