Wisconsin Skunks
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County Animal Control
The skunk can spray its smelly oil up to ten feet with accuracy! The mist of the smelly oil can carry up to fifteen feet! The skunk can spray up to five to six times in a row! After emptying its smelly tank it can take a skunk up to ten days to reproduce its smelly juices!
Skunk
Visual:
The skunk is most known for its black fur and white stripe lining the center of its body from the snout to the end of its tail. The colors of a skunk may vary from black and white to brown grey, and few skunks are even cream colored. All skunks are striped from birth but have also been seen with two thin stripes or many spots.
Senses:
Skunks have excellent smell and hearing but have very poor vision. After ten feet the skunk has little clarity of any object.
Reproduction:
The mating season for the skunk is usually in early spring. The males will mate with multiple female skunks. The female skunk having a gestation period of about 66 days and will give birth to about four to seven baby skunks (kits). The kits are born blind and deaf. It takes up to three weeks for the skunks to open their eyes after birth. The kits will hang around their mothers for about one year after birth.
Behavior:
Rare for a healthy wild skunk to go around and bite humans. If a skunk is charging and biting at a human it is possible for that skunk to have some sort of illness such as rabies. The skunk is known to spray at an enemy as a defensive move to protect its self or kits from any sort of harm. Not only can this smell be very strong and take a long period of time to get rid of but it may also cause a temporary blindness.
608 259 6515
County Animal Control
Its Winter time and for some of you it may be time to get rid of skunks! If you are experiencing skunk issues at any time of the year, we can help! Getting rid of skunks or skunk removal work should not be procrastinated and should be taken very seriously as the skunk issue can only worsen. Call County Animal Control to get rid of your skunk issues. 608-259-6515 for getting rid of skunk and skunk removal services