LindaR

moth balls, throw them under the house...

Tink's Mom

We throw the contents of a box of moth balls under our porch a couple of times a year. It does seem to work. We convinced neighbor to put it under the pool deck...now he doesn't get visited either.

nativetexan

I hope you are getting your problem taken care of. not too long ago some sort of animal was trying to dig under our cement patio steps at the back door and then the front door. my husband wasn't worried about any kind of animal living under our house. Well I was. I pushed dirt back in place and then put some heavy flag stones next to the cement area they were digging under. That stopped them. never did find out what it was. Colorado living.

Barbie

We have noticed a large increase in the skunk population this year. Many of them have been rabid so that is a concern. Fortunately, we are not bothered with them near the house. You can use moth balls but expect to have your house and everything in it to smell like moth balls. My friend had a squirrel in her attic and used them. When she entered the room you could smell moth balls. There are so many skunks that end up "road kill", and the smell is awful. If you find a cure for them, many will be thankful.

matraina

I agree with CherryPie. I've always heard about tomato juice for that, too. I think a better solution would be to call animal control.

nativetexan

I worked in an office that put out poison for mice. stupid because one died within the walls and talk about smell. No one wanted to relive me because the whole reception area smelled putrid. I would be nauseous after an hour but put up with it over a month. sigh. even the environmental specialist there told me decaying body odor was bad for my health. so call some companies and see what they can offer. After the smell had gone we happened to call in someone for an ant problem and he said they had something that smelled like bubble gum they could have used. Wish I'd known that earlier!!

Caswews

Great ideas for sure ..!

junipergal

Where do you live? If there are no restrictions - get a potbelly pig - we never had a skunk stay more than one day when we had our pig, pigs nose' are sensitive and they hate skunk smell

Jingle

The only thing I would use on a dog to remove the skunk oder is tomato juice. I have always heard that is what removes the smell. We don't have skunks.

MaryMo

Plant mint around your house .... it keeps out a lot of critters. Only thing is it grows like crazy, almost like a weed and very difficult to eradicate.