Marey Mo: I had a huge patch of mint by my house and still had possums, raccoons, and skunks right up next o the house. I have killed a couple of possums with a ball bat, but wouldn't mess with a coon or skunk. Usually had to call my husband to come and shoot them, so the mint doesn't always work either. We had enough mint around there we should never have and any varmits anywhere close.

I am so sorry about your situation. Animal control would do NOTHING about these pests where I lived. I had skunks and raccoons partying under my mobile home. Used the tomato juice and that killed the smell. Don't miss either of those creatures since I moved!!

Call wildlife control. They will usually come out and take care of "wild" animals that local animal control refuses. At least they do here. I had a sick skunk take up on my deck and they were right out.

My girlfriend got raccoons in her attic and they were told to play a radio. Said if you have one that you can find a station and then turn it one click off of it so that there is a lot of static, it works even better. It worked for her - raccoons gone in one night!

1 pound box of baking soda, 1 qt. hydrogen peroxide and 2 tsps. liquid dish soap, shake well. Do NOT try to bottle this for future use as it will explode. Its safe to use on pets and people.

does it repel or does it clean up the smell?

put out a little antifreeze... but watch out for cats and dogs in neighborhood.

My son and family just moved into their new house when a skunk went into an egress window in the basement ... they had to have it killed... ( the shot it with rubbing alcohol and died immediately)... but what a mess. cost them a bunch to have the house cleaned.... had big fans and I don't know what all.. vents cleaned, etc. a real mess. good luck , PM me if you want more info.

We had one get in our back room at work and take up residence under our soda machine. Animal control loaned us a live trap. We put a can of fish flavor cat food in it and caught it within two days. Not sure what our machine technician did with it after it was caught.

Try calling a person that sprays for termites. They usually have knowledge about getting rid of unwanted orders. We had sewer pipe come disconnected under our trailer and our sprayer had a deodorizer that he sprayed and took the smell away. Just a thought

I wonder if a vet or wildlife rehabilitator could recommend a solution for the odor problem? I know if you have pet odors in the house from"accidents" you can buy a enzyme type cleaner that will really works and remove the odors. Maybe there is one for skunk odors or maybe the pet odor one would work.
Don't know if I would use antifreeze; it is highly poisonous and causes a very painful death. I don't think it is too good for the environment either. It can also cause liver damage, leukemia and fatal blood anemia in humans.