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I saved a juvenile skunk. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 hours ago by chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

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I went to open the window in the basement yesterday and saw that I had a little visitor. The window is in a window well, and there are 2.5' walls on all the sides. At first I thought she was just rooting around, but then realized she was trapped. So, I set a wooden plank down into the alcove to give her a way out. She didn't take it.

I tried to avoid interacting with her because I didn't want to stress her out, so I waited until she was asleep and put some berries from the yard and a little dish of water out for her through the window.

When she still wasn't leaving by the next day, I called a wildlife rescue agency and they advised wrapping the plank in a towel so she'd have some grip, and putting some cat food at top to give her a scent to follow. I did that, and within an hour she was climbing out.

I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty broken about this. She was adorable, but I'm happy she's gone, running little skunk errands and living her best, if stinky, life.

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[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago

The skunk will return in your hour of need to repay this blood debt

[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 21 points 9 hours ago

Thanks for the food bro.

[–] icon4691@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

That was a great suggestion from the rescue agency to wrap the plank in a towel for traction (I really write like this, and I maintain that I'm a lurker not a bot ~~

¯\(ツ)/¯

HeliBoard has a double backslash for the emoticon left arm, lmk if that's not how it's done here ;)

~~ clearly I don't know what I'm doing.

I really had an emotional reaction and I'm happy to hear she made it out! It might be worth getting grate covers installed for the window wells if you can invest in that (I might not be able to say DIY covers, maybe for legal reasons, j/k). They can open from below to allow emergency egress from the basement if you need that for code. Best of luck keeping the critters wild :)

[–] THB@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago

Borderline interesting. Wonderful story and good job being a good human

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

That skunk will be back around for cat food.

We had a juvenile come in through the patio door we had cracked for the cat. Dogs chased it under the stove. Took hours for it to let its guard down and leave following a trail of cat food.

It has been back several times over the last couple years. Only been back in the house 2x that I know of (the 20 year old cat demands the open door or she howls all night). We have a "skunk gate" on our patio now (it's just plywood that runs between 2 rails on the steps).

[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 5 points 9 hours ago

That's awesome, thanks for looking out for this little friend.

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

So kind of you to help her out!

[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Ha, real life skunk ladder.

you did better than Patrick F. McManus

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 17 minutes ago

Great job helping that little stinker out. Might i suggest a more permanent ramp for critters to escape in the future? Something like this ramp or little steps to help animals out if they get in? Added bonus to that is, you may get more visitors if they can get in and out safely.