Do you need skunk control in Michigan, or a skunk removal expert in Michigan for your yard, home or shed? Maybe you do not know how to get rid of skunks or remove skunks from your yard? Are you frustrated with skunk repellents that don't work! Do you have a skunk odor or a skunk smell coming from your deck or shed? You can call the experts at VaMoose Varmint to help you with your problem. Ask a VaMoose Varmint professional about one of their service plans that are available to remove skunks in your Michigan area.
Scientific name: Mephitis mephitis: The scientific name refers to its powerful weapon of defense. The Latin mephitis means a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the ground.
Skunks typical color pattern is black with a white nap and 2 broad white stripes down the back. They weigh 2 to 10 pounds. The skunks range from Canada to Mexico, and live in forest, field edges, woods, streams, swamps, and suburban areas. Skunks are usually nocturnal, and will den up in the winter months. Skunks will come out of their dens in the winter months especially during breeding season. Skunk mating season occurs between February and March with their young being born about 62 to 66 days later. Skunks will spray during mating season; a female skunk will spray a male she does not wish to mate with. Average litter size is 4 to 6, and at six weeks old young skunks start making short trips with their mother when she ventures out to feed. Skunks are true omnivores they will eat almost anything they can get in their mouth.
Skunks like to dig under decks, porches, sheds and foundations. In suburban areas skunks will dig up lawns to get grubs to eat. A skunk will eat bird seed that's on the ground under bird feeders. A skunk will enter buildings to eat pet food. At times, skunks fall into window wells looking for food and can’t get out.
When a skunk is threatened, they will hoist its warning flag, his tail. If their warning is ignored it will whirl about and discharge, through twin nozzles just in side the anal tract. Skunk spray is a stinging, acrid, yellowish liquid. Skunk spray in the eyes causes intense pain and fleeting loss of vision. Sudden movement, noise or a close approach can trigger the skunk to spray. Mature skunks are capable of 4 to 6 successive discharges, accurate up to 15 ft. The mist may reach 3 times as far. The smell may carry for a mile. On damp days and nights for weeks after the skunk sprayed the odor will still be present. Even very young skunks are capable of discharge of this odor. Skunk odor or musk can be put to a pleasing use too.
Trapping is the most effective and successful method of getting rid of skunks, if done incorrectly it could be a very smelly mistake. Our professional trappers have experience to place traps in strategic locations to resolve your problem fast and odor free.
There are many companies out there, but not all of them are licensed and insured professionals. Make sure that you hire a competent expert for your animal service needs. At VaMoose Varmint, we will be courteous and friendly and take the time to answer your questions. Give VaMoose Varmint a call, and we will listen to your problem, and make an appointment to perform an inspection. VaMoose Varmint will trap skunks in these Michigan Counties. Kalamazoo, Van Buren, St. Joseph, Calhoun, Berrien, Allegan, Branch, Barry, Cass, Ottawa, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Roscommon, Missaukee, Crawford, Kalkaska, Wexford, Otsego, and Antrim Counties.
Skunks typical color pattern is black with a white nap and 2 broad white stripes down the back. They weigh 2 to 10 pounds. The skunks range from Canada to Mexico, and live in forest, field edges, woods, streams, swamps, and suburban areas. Skunks are usually nocturnal, and will den up in the winter months. Skunks will come out of their dens in the winter months especially during breeding season. Skunk mating season occurs between February and March with their young being born about 62 to 66 days later. Skunks will spray during mating season; a female skunk will spray a male she does not wish to mate with. Average litter size is 4 to 6, and at six weeks old young skunks start making short trips with their mother when she ventures out to feed. Skunks are true omnivores they will eat almost anything they can get in their mouth.
Skunks like to dig under decks, porches, sheds and foundations. In suburban areas skunks will dig up lawns to get grubs to eat. A skunk will eat bird seed that's on the ground under bird feeders. A skunk will enter buildings to eat pet food. At times, skunks fall into window wells looking for food and can’t get out.
When a skunk is threatened, they will hoist its warning flag, his tail. If their warning is ignored it will whirl about and discharge, through twin nozzles just in side the anal tract. Skunk spray is a stinging, acrid, yellowish liquid. Skunk spray in the eyes causes intense pain and fleeting loss of vision. Sudden movement, noise or a close approach can trigger the skunk to spray. Mature skunks are capable of 4 to 6 successive discharges, accurate up to 15 ft. The mist may reach 3 times as far. The smell may carry for a mile. On damp days and nights for weeks after the skunk sprayed the odor will still be present. Even very young skunks are capable of discharge of this odor. Skunk odor or musk can be put to a pleasing use too.
Trapping is the most effective and successful method of getting rid of skunks, if done incorrectly it could be a very smelly mistake. Our professional trappers have experience to place traps in strategic locations to resolve your problem fast and odor free.
There are many companies out there, but not all of them are licensed and insured professionals. Make sure that you hire a competent expert for your animal service needs. At VaMoose Varmint, we will be courteous and friendly and take the time to answer your questions. Give VaMoose Varmint a call, and we will listen to your problem, and make an appointment to perform an inspection. VaMoose Varmint will trap skunks in these Michigan Counties. Kalamazoo, Van Buren, St. Joseph, Calhoun, Berrien, Allegan, Branch, Barry, Cass, Ottawa, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Roscommon, Missaukee, Crawford, Kalkaska, Wexford, Otsego, and Antrim Counties.
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