well as far as I know there are no skunks here...haven't smelled one in the 10 years we've been here and I would pity the coon or possum that tried to come past my two guys! So I'm not too worried about that. Nothing comes in the yard that doesn't belong there. They make sure of that. Stray cats are enough to send them ballistic and wake the whole house at night. How dare a cat come in their yard?