they make good pets had several when i was younger living in graham go to pet smart get some supplement milk you will have to feed them often and you will have to use a wet warm washcloth to get them to use the bathroom they will make the same type of pet as a ferrett, will use a litter box like a cat. When they get older you can take to vet get them desented same as they do ferretts

By morning it would probably be too late, they need to be fed every 4 hours or so. Like kittens. Get kitten formula & a little bottle.

Caution,
Most skunks are carriers of Rabies.
Be very careful!

So are dogs



Just because they "can" be carriers of rabies doesn't mean they are.
They say armadillo are "carriers" of leprosy that only means that they can carry it like humans.

Cool, Im going to Atwoods in the morning to see about gettig some kinda way of feeding them. Any idea how much it costs to descent them?

Those make great gar bait!!

hrmmm.. Pet or Bait.

Decisions Decisions....

[quote=Critter Getter]My brother was tearing down a shed when a skunk ran out from under it. He heard what sounded like baby mice and then found 6 of these lil guys. They are probably to young to make it without momma but I was thinking bout trying to keep them alive. Anybody ever done it? Is it even legal to keep them?

You asked so....

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/huntwild/hunt/fur_bearing/propagators/

I had a pet skunk when I was 17 yo. It grew up after it was wened eating can dog food. She weighed about 45# when fulled grown. She would follow me everywhere like a dog and every time she saw my father. She would chase him and then turn and raise her tail up, like she wanted to spray him. I sure miss "Sweet Pea"

He needs to be fed every 2-3 hours,

I'm somehow curious how this goes. Keep us updated.

X2

Heres a short video. He's trying hard to find a nipple. He makes some really weird sounds you can hear if you listen close.

Contact Windfish on TFF. Either her or someone she knows is a Skunk fanatic and can probably help you out.

Continue the good luck with the new family member. Just an idea but you might want to get a kitten to keep it company. Keep us posted on Scooter. Any new pics?

I think because in order to test for rabies they have to cut off their head.

As long as the skunk is outside and not in a pen, how can it be considered a pet??

You are allowing it to do as it pleases...

What are you feeding him now?

3 weeks til Scooter becomes a "lil stinker". Somebody please help me help Scooter

Wow. I haven't checked this thread since you originally posted. Very cool that he has made it this far. We had a pet skunk "Genie" for a few years when I was in 1st or 2nd grade. She was very cool and she had a tremendous dislike for adult men. Think it was b/c my dad was not to fond of the skunk for a pet idea. Everytime either of my grandpa's would come to the house she would back them into a corner. It was hilarious.

I let the chihuahua out in the back yard one night. She was behind the Oleander bushes in the back corner of the yard and it sounded like she had a possom backed into the corner. I was standing on the patio and couldn't see her. I told her to "get him". Well, a little more growling, barking, and rustling, and the biggest skunk I've ever seen cam tearing out of the bushes with the Chihuahua right on his tail. He have her another shot before I got her called off of him.

My mistake was taking him upstairs into our master bathroom to try to bathe her. I didn't have tomato juice, so I used tomato sauce and tomato paste. Of course, I put it on her, and she shoot, spraying that stuff all over the bathroom.

After bathing her, I put her in the laundry room for the night. I should have put her in her kennel out in the garage or on the back patio.

It took about 3 weeks of Lamp Berger, Fabreeze, commercial deoderizer put in the air returns, etc to get the smell out of the house. Of course, the smell was on our clothes, so we had to fabreeze ourselves when we left. I sent the kids to my parent's house for a night or 2, and the clothes in their bag mad my mother's car smell like skunk.

Oh, and since the father-in-law is a veterinarian, I took her to him to get the smell out. They kept her for almost a week and bathed her daily. The smell was MOSTLY gone.
I figure she must have been hit 3 or 4 times. Man, I sure hope we never have that sort of thing happen again.